Colour

#E0CB2A

#E0CB2A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E0CB2A is a yellow with RGB values 224, 203, 42 and HSL 53°, 75%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E0CB2A#E0CB2A

HEX#E0CB2A

RGBrgb(224, 203, 42)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.7961, 0.1647

RGB percentages87.8%, 79.6%, 16.5%

HSLhsl(53.1, 74.6%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.1, 81.3%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.4%, 81.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,732,074

CSS custom property--colour: #E0CB2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58726WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.75:1

Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#1F34D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5CD38no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F2BCAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Yellow · ΔE 28.4 Yellow green · ΔE 31.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.1 Khaki · ΔE 31.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2A3FE0

Analogous#E0702A, #9AE02A

Triadic#2AE0CB, #CB2AE0

Split complementary#2A9AE0, #702AE0

Tetradic#2AE070, #2A3FE0, #E02A9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF6DC

Lighter +30%#F3ECB0

Lighter +20%#EDE183

Lighter +10%#E6D657

Darker −10%#BCA91B

Darker −20%#8F8115

Darker −30%#63590E

Darker −40%#363108

More saturated +25%#FFE20C

Less saturated −25%#C2B449

Channel breakdown

R224

G203

B42

Red224 (87.8%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue42 (16.5%)

Hue53.08°

Saturation (HSL)74.59%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G CB · B 2A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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