Recognised as Colour
#E1BA04
- #E1BA04
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#E1BA04 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 186, 4 and HSL 49°, 97%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#E1BA04#E1BA04
HEX#E1BA04
RGBrgb(225, 186, 4)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7294, 0.0157
RGB percentages88.2%, 72.9%, 1.6%
HSLhsl(49.4, 96.5%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 98.2%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 17.3%, 98.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,793,220
CSS custom property--colour: #E1BA04;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.51134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.23:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#1E45FB
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#042BE1
Analogous#E14B04, #9AE104
Triadic#04E1BA, #BA04E1
Split complementary#049AE1, #4B04E1
Tetradic#04E14B, #042BE1, #E1049A
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R225
G186
B4
Red225 (88.2%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue4 (1.6%)
Hue49.41°
Saturation (HSL)96.51%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G BA · B 04
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