Recognised as Colour

#E1CB4C

#E1CB4C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E1CB4C is a yellow with RGB values 225, 203, 76 and HSL 51°, 71%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E1CB4C#E1CB4C

HEX#E1CB4C

RGBrgb(225, 203, 76)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7961, 0.298

RGB percentages88.2%, 79.6%, 29.8%

HSLhsl(51.1, 71.3%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 66.2%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 66.2%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,644

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CB4C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59241WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.85:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#1E34B3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC63Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CE53no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#F2BDB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Khaki · ΔE 20.9 Gold · ΔE 24.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Olive · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 19.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4C62E1

Analogous#E1804C, #ADE14C

Triadic#4CE1CB, #CB4CE1

Split complementary#4CADE1, #804CE1

Tetradic#4CE181, #4C62E1, #E14CAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFB

Lighter +30%#F7F1CF

Lighter +20%#F0E4A3

Lighter +10%#E8D878

Darker −10%#D6BC24

Darker −20%#AA951D

Darker −30%#7F6F15

Darker −40%#53490E

More saturated +25%#FBDD32

Less saturated −25%#C7B966

Channel breakdown

R225

G203

B76

Red225 (88.2%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue76 (29.8%)

Hue51.14°

Saturation (HSL)71.29%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CB · B 4C

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