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Recognised as Colour

#E1CA34

  • #E1CA34
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gold

#E1CA34 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 202, 52 and HSL 52°, 74%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E1CA34#E1CA34
HEX#E1CA34
RGBrgb(225, 202, 52)
RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7922, 0.2039
RGB percentages88.2%, 79.2%, 20.4%
HSLhsl(52, 74.2%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 76.9%, 88.2%)
CMYK0%, 10.2%, 76.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,797,364
CSS custom property--colour: #E1CA34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.7:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#1E35CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEC40Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#E4CD3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F3BBAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17Goldenrod · ΔE 19Khaki · ΔE 28.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.2Yellow · ΔE 31.2Yellow green · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#344BE1
Analogous#E17434, #A1E134
Triadic#34E1CA, #CA34E1
Split complementary#34A1E1, #7434E1
Tetradic#34E174, #344BE1, #E134A1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBF8E6
Lighter +30%#F5EDB9
Lighter +20%#EEE18D
Lighter +10%#E8D660
Darker −10%#C5AF1D
Darker −20%#988717
Darker −30%#6C6010
Darker −40%#403809
More saturated +25%#FEDF17
Less saturated −25%#C4B551

Channel breakdown

R225
G202
B52
Red225 (88.2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue52 (20.4%)
Hue52.02°
Saturation (HSL)74.25%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E1 · G CA · B 34

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