Recognised as Colour

#E1C307

#E1C307
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E1C307 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 195, 7 and HSL 52°, 94%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#E1C307

RGBrgb(225, 195, 7)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7647, 0.0275

RGB percentages88.2%, 76.5%, 2.7%

HSLhsl(51.7, 94%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 96.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 96.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,795,527

CSS custom property--colour: #E1C307;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.01:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#1E3CF8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8BE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0C823no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F4B3A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.9 Orange · ΔE 28.8 Yellow · ΔE 28.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.8 Yellow green · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#0725E1

Analogous#E15607, #92E107

Triadic#07E1C3, #C307E1

Split complementary#0792E1, #5607E1

Tetradic#07E156, #0725E1, #E10792

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FDF3B7

Lighter +30%#FBEB86

Lighter +20%#FAE354

Lighter +10%#F8DB23

Darker −10%#B09805

Darker −20%#7E6D04

Darker −30%#4D4202

Darker −40%#1B1801

More saturated +25%#E8C800

Less saturated −25%#C4AE24

Channel breakdown

R225

G195

Red225 (88.2%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue7 (2.7%)

Hue51.74°

Saturation (HSL)93.97%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G C3 · B 07

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