Recognised as Colour

#E1CB4D

#E1CB4D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E1CB4D is a yellow with RGB values 225, 203, 77 and HSL 51°, 71%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E1CB4D#E1CB4D

HEX#E1CB4D

RGBrgb(225, 203, 77)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.7961, 0.302

RGB percentages88.2%, 79.6%, 30.2%

HSLhsl(51.1, 71.2%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 65.8%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 65.8%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,645

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CB4D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59255WCAG 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#1E34B2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC63Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CE54no 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 55.3 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 19.2 Khaki · ΔE 20.5 Gold · ΔE 24.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.6 Olive · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 19.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4D63E1

Analogous#E1814D, #ADE14D

Triadic#4DE1CB, #CB4DE1

Split complementary#4DADE1, #814DE1

Tetradic#4DE181, #4D63E1, #E14DAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFC

Lighter +30%#F7F1D0

Lighter +20%#F0E5A4

Lighter +10%#E8D879

Darker −10%#D7BC24

Darker −20%#AB961D

Darker −30%#807015

Darker −40%#544A0E

More saturated +25%#FBDD33

Less saturated −25%#C7B967

Channel breakdown

R225

G203

B77

Red225 (88.2%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue77 (30.2%)

Hue51.08°

Saturation (HSL)71.15%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CB · B 4D

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Channel breakdown

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