Colour
#E1BC2F
- #E1BC2F
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Goldenrod
#E1BC2F is a yellow with RGB values 225, 188, 47 and HSL 48°, 75%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.
Colour values
#E1BC2F#E1BC2F
HEX#E1BC2F
RGBrgb(225, 188, 47)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7373, 0.1843
RGB percentages88.2%, 73.7%, 18.4%
HSLhsl(47.5, 74.8%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 79.1%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 16.4%, 79.1%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,793,775
CSS custom property--colour: #E1BC2F;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.52179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#1E43D0
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2F54E1
Analogous#E1632F, #ADE12F
Triadic#2FE1BC, #BC2FE1
Split complementary#2FADE1, #632FE1
Tetradic#2FE163, #2F54E1, #E12FAD
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R225
G188
B47
Red225 (88.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue47 (18.4%)
Hue47.53°
Saturation (HSL)74.79%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G BC · B 2F
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