Information about #E6D40F color
Basic facts about this digital color
#E6D40F is a pure, full-strength golden yellow that carries an easy, daylight feel. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Citrine (#E4D00A). Slightly further away sit Piss Yellow (#DDD618) and Safety Yellow (#EED202).
In RGB terms — rgb(230, 212, 15) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 13.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E6D40F is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#E6D40F color variations
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#E6D40F color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#E6D40F color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#E6D40F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#E6D40F color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#E6D40F color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #E6D40F color
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Nearest named colors to #E6D40F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#E4D00A
#DDD618
#EED202
#EDCE00
#E7CA00
#F4CA16
#F4D81C
#F6C915
#E6E200
#D4CD16
#F5DA01
#E2C400
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#E6D40F
- RGB230, 212, 15
- CMYK0, 7, 84, 10
- CSSrgb(230, 212, 15)
- HSL55°, 88%, 48%
- HSL Precise54.977°, 87.755%, 48.039%
- HSV55°, 93%, 90%
- HSB55°, 93%, 90%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.902
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.831
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.059
- GLSLvec3(0.902, 0.831, 0.059)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.902, 0.831, 0.059, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.902, 0.831, 0.059)
- Percentage of Red in RGB90.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB83.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB5.9%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDE6D40F
- DECIMAL ID15127567
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers25 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
