Colour

#E0D300

#E0D300
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E0D300 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 211, 0 and HSL 57°, 100%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E0D300#E0D300

HEX#E0D300

RGBrgb(224, 211, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8275, 0

RGB percentages87.8%, 82.7%, 0%

HSLhsl(56.5, 100%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 100%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 5.8%, 100%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,734,080

CSS custom property--colour: #E0D300;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.49:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#1F2CFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD226no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C3B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.5 Yellow · ΔE 19.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.8 Yellow green · ΔE 30.6 Orange · ΔE 38.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 39

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#000DE0

Analogous#E06300, #7DE000

Triadic#00E0D3, #D300E0

Split complementary#007DE0, #6300E0

Tetradic#00E063, #000DE0, #E0007D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFAAD

Lighter +30%#FFF77A

Lighter +20%#FFF447

Lighter +10%#FFF114

Darker −10%#ADA300

Darker −20%#7A7300

Darker −30%#474300

Darker −40%#141300

More saturated +25%#E0D300

Less saturated −25%#C4BA1C

Channel breakdown

R224

G211

Red224 (87.8%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue56.52°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness43.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G D3 · B 00

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Colour values

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