Recognised as Colour

#E0D525

#E0D525
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E0D525 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 213, 37 and HSL 56°, 75%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E0D525#E0D525

HEX#E0D525

RGBrgb(224, 213, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8353, 0.1451

RGB percentages87.8%, 83.5%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(56.5, 75.1%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.5, 83.5%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 4.9%, 83.5%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,734,629

CSS custom property--colour: #E0D525;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63569WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.71:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#1F2ADA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD437no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F1C6B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.9 Yellow · ΔE 22.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.4 Yellow green · ΔE 28.1 Khaki · ΔE 34.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.89, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2530E0

Analogous#E07825, #8DE025

Triadic#25E0D5, #D525E0

Split complementary#258DE0, #7825E0

Tetradic#25E078, #2530E0, #E0258D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F7D8

Lighter +30%#F3EFAB

Lighter +20%#EDE67E

Lighter +10%#E6DE52

Darker −10%#B8AF1A

Darker −20%#8B8414

Darker −30%#5F5A0D

Darker −40%#322F07

More saturated +25%#FFF006

Less saturated −25%#C1BA44

Channel breakdown

R224

G213

B37

Red224 (87.8%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue56.47°

Saturation (HSL)75.1%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E0 · G D5 · B 25

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