Recognised as Colour
#E1BF1B
- #E1BF1B
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#E1BF1B is a yellow with RGB values 225, 191, 27 and HSL 50°, 79%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#E1BF1B#E1BF1B
HEX#E1BF1B
RGBrgb(225, 191, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.749, 0.1059
RGB percentages88.2%, 74.9%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(49.7, 78.6%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 88%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 15.1%, 88%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,794,523
CSS custom property--colour: #E1BF1B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.53348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#1E40E4
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#1B3DE1
Analogous#E15C1B, #A0E11B
Triadic#1BE1BF, #BF1BE1
Split complementary#1BA0E1, #5C1BE1
Tetradic#1BE15C, #1B3DE1, #E11BA0
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R225
G191
B27
Red225 (88.2%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue49.7°
Saturation (HSL)78.57%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G BF · B 1B
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