Recognised as Colour
#E1B900
- #E1B900
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Goldenrod
#E1B900 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 185, 0 and HSL 49°, 100%, 44%. 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
#E1B900#E1B900
HEX#E1B900
RGBrgb(225, 185, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7255, 0
RGB percentages88.2%, 72.5%, 0%
HSLhsl(49.3, 100%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.3, 100%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 17.8%, 100%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,792,960
CSS custom property--colour: #E1B900;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.50705WCAG 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 white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#1E46FF
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.14:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0028E1
Analogous#E14800, #99E100
Triadic#00E1B9, #B900E1
Split complementary#0099E1, #4800E1
Tetradic#00E148, #0028E1, #E10099
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R225
G185
B0
Red225 (88.2%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue49.33°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G B9 · B 00
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