Recognised as Colour

#E1CC52

#E1CC52
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1CC52 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 204, 82 and HSL 51°, 70%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E1CC52#E1CC52

HEX#E1CC52

RGBrgb(225, 204, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8, 0.3216

RGB percentages88.2%, 80%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(51.2, 70.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 63.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 63.6%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,906

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CC52;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.96:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#1E33AD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC743no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CF59no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F2BEB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 23.8 Gold · ΔE 26.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28 Olive · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5267E1

Analogous#E18552, #AEE152

Triadic#52E1CC, #CC52E1

Split complementary#52AEE1, #8552E1

Tetradic#52E185, #5267E1, #E152AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F2D4

Lighter +20%#F0E6A9

Lighter +10%#E9D97D

Darker −10%#D9BF27

Darker −20%#AF991E

Darker −30%#837317

Darker −40%#584D0F

More saturated +25%#FADE39

Less saturated −25%#C8BA6B

Channel breakdown

R225

G204

B82

Red225 (88.2%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue51.19°

Saturation (HSL)70.44%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CC · B 52

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