Information about #E6E660 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#E6E660 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(230, 230, 96) — 90.2% red, 90.2% green, 37.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 53 / 10. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#E6E660 is a strongly colored golden yellow that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Honeysuckle (#E8ED69). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dull Yellow (#EEDC5B) and Bored Accent Green (#DDE26A).

In RGB terms — rgb(230, 230, 96) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #E6E660: 15.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.3:1 for white. #E6E660 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#E6E660 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E6E660 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#E6E660 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#E6E660 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#E6E660 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#E6E660 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #E6E660

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Honeysuckle color link
Honeysuckle

#E8ED69

Dull Yellow color link
Dull Yellow

#EEDC5B

Bored Accent Green color link
Bored Accent Green

#DDE26A

Brilliant Yellow color link
Brilliant Yellow

#E7E751

Spring Yellow color link
Spring Yellow

#F5E35D

Spring Fever color link
Spring Fever

#E3DF6E

RCAP Yellow color link
RCAP Yellow

#D6E868

RCAP GREEN color link
RCAP GREEN

#D5E868

Arylide Yellow color link
Arylide Yellow

#E9D66B

Straw color link
Straw

#E4D96F

Maximum Green Yellow color link
Maximum Green Yellow

#D9E650

Curiosity color link
Curiosity

#D3E568

#E6E660 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E6E660
  • RGB230, 230, 96
  • CMYK0, 0, 53, 10
  • CSSrgb(230, 230, 96)
  • HSL60°, 73%, 64%
  • HSL Precise60°, 72.826%, 63.922%
  • HSV60°, 58%, 90%
  • HSB60°, 58%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.902
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.902
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.376
  • GLSLvec3(0.902, 0.902, 0.376)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.902, 0.902, 0.376, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.902, 0.902, 0.376)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB90.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB90.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB37.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE6E660
  • DECIMAL ID15132256
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers13 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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