Colour

#E0B925

#E0B925
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E0B925 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 185, 37 and HSL 47°, 75%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E0B925#E0B925

HEX#E0B925

RGBrgb(224, 185, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.7255, 0.1451

RGB percentages87.8%, 72.5%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(47.5, 75.1%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 83.5%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 17.4%, 83.5%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,727,461

CSS custom property--colour: #E0B925;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.14:1

Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#1F46DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CEB600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8C130no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F3A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 10.3 Gold · ΔE 18.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Orange · ΔE 24.2 Khaki · ΔE 32.2 Olive · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#254CE0

Analogous#E05C25, #A9E025

Triadic#25E0B9, #B925E0

Split complementary#25A9E0, #5C25E0

Tetradic#25E05C, #254CE0, #E025A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F2D8

Lighter +30%#F3E4AB

Lighter +20%#EDD67E

Lighter +10%#E6C752

Darker −10%#B8971A

Darker −20%#8B7214

Darker −30%#5F4E0D

Darker −40%#322907

More saturated +25%#FFCB06

Less saturated −25%#C1A744

Channel breakdown

R224

G185

B37

Red224 (87.8%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue47.49°

Saturation (HSL)75.1%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G B9 · B 25

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