Colour

#E0B217

#E0B217
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E0B217 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 178, 23 and HSL 46°, 81%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E0B217#E0B217

HEX#E0B217

RGBrgb(224, 178, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.698, 0.0902

RGB percentages87.8%, 69.8%, 9%

HSLhsl(46.3, 81.4%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.3, 89.7%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 20.5%, 89.7%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,725,655

CSS custom property--colour: #E0B217;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4775WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.55:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#1F4DE8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8B000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4BD25no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Tritanopia#F3A198no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 62.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 8 Gold · ΔE 18.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 20 Orange · ΔE 20.5 Dark orange · ΔE 33.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1745E0

Analogous#E04E17, #A9E017

Triadic#17E0B2, #B217E0

Split complementary#17A9E0, #4E17E0

Tetradic#17E04E, #1745E0, #E017A9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FAEFC9

Lighter +30%#F5E09B

Lighter +20%#F0D26D

Lighter +10%#EBC43F

Darker −10%#B28D12

Darker −20%#83680E

Darker −30%#554409

Darker −40%#271F04

More saturated +25%#F7BE00

Less saturated −25%#C1A136

Channel breakdown

R224

G178

B23

Red224 (87.8%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue46.27°

Saturation (HSL)81.38%

Lightness48.43%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G B2 · B 17

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