Recognised as Colour
#E1BF41
- #E1BF41
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Goldenrod
#E1BF41 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 191, 65 and HSL 47°, 73%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.
Colour values
#E1BF41#E1BF41
HEX#E1BF41
RGBrgb(225, 191, 65)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.749, 0.2549
RGB percentages88.2%, 74.9%, 25.5%
HSLhsl(47.3, 72.7%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 71.1%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 15.1%, 71.1%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,794,561
CSS custom property--colour: #E1BF41;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.53651WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.73:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#1E40BE
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.73:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#4163E1
Analogous#E16F41, #B3E141
Triadic#41E1BF, #BF41E1
Split complementary#41B3E1, #6F41E1
Tetradic#41E16F, #4163E1, #E141B3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R225
G191
B65
Red225 (88.2%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue65 (25.5%)
Hue47.25°
Saturation (HSL)72.73%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G BF · B 41
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