Recognised as Colour

#E1CC58

#E1CC58
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E1CC58 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 204, 88 and HSL 51°, 70%, 61%. 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

#E1CC58#E1CC58

HEX#E1CC58

RGBrgb(225, 204, 88)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8, 0.3451

RGB percentages88.2%, 80%, 34.5%

HSLhsl(50.8, 69.5%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 60.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 9.3%, 60.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,797,912

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CC58;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59898WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.98:1

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

Contrast with black12.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#1E33A7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC74Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CF5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F1BEB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 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 text12.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28 Gold · ΔE 29 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.62, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#586DE1

Analogous#E18858, #B2E158

Triadic#58E1CC, #CC58E1

Split complementary#58B1E1, #8858E1

Tetradic#58E188, #586DE1, #E158B1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8F4DA

Lighter +20%#F1E6AE

Lighter +10%#E9D983

Darker −10%#D9BF2D

Darker −20%#B39C20

Darker −30%#887718

Darker −40%#5C5111

More saturated +25%#FADD3F

Less saturated −25%#C8BB71

Channel breakdown

R225

G204

B88

Red225 (88.2%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue88 (34.5%)

Hue50.8°

Saturation (HSL)69.54%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CC · B 58

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