Recognised as Colour

#E0E03C

#E0E03C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E0E03C is a yellow with RGB values 224, 224, 60 and HSL 60°, 73%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E0E03C#E0E03C

HEX#E0E03C

RGBrgb(224, 224, 60)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8784, 0.2353

RGB percentages87.8%, 87.8%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(60, 72.6%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 73.2%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 73.2%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,737,468

CSS custom property--colour: #E0E03C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1F1FC3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D617no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DC49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F0D2C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 20.5 Yellow · ΔE 22.6 Yellow green · ΔE 23.7 Khaki · ΔE 31.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.7 Green yellow · ΔE 35.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 20.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3C3CE0

Analogous#E08E3C, #8EE03C

Triadic#3CE0E0, #E03CE0

Split complementary#3C8EE0, #8E3CE0

Tetradic#3CE08E, #3C3CE0, #E03C8E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFCEC

Lighter +30%#F5F5C0

Lighter +20%#EEEE94

Lighter +10%#E7E768

Darker −10%#C9C920

Darker −20%#9D9D19

Darker −30%#717112

Darker −40%#45450B

More saturated +25%#FCFC20

Less saturated −25%#C4C458

Channel breakdown

R224

G224

B60

Red224 (87.8%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)72.57%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E0 · G E0 · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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