Colour
#CEA50E
- #CEA50E
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Goldenrod
#CEA50E is a yellow with RGB values 206, 165, 14 and HSL 47°, 87%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.
Colour values
#CEA50E#CEA50E
HEX#CEA50E
RGBrgb(206, 165, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.6471, 0.0549
RGB percentages80.8%, 64.7%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(47.2, 87.3%, 43.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 93.2%, 80.8%)
CMYK0%, 19.9%, 93.2%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,542,670
CSS custom property--colour: #CEA50E;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.40064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3
Inverted#315AF1
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0E37CE
Analogous#CE450E, #97CE0E
Triadic#0ECEA5, #A50ECE
Split complementary#0E97CE, #450ECE
Tetradic#0ECE45, #0E37CE, #CE0E97
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R206
G165
B14
Red206 (80.8%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue47.19°
Saturation (HSL)87.27%
Lightness43.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR CE · G A5 · B 0E
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