Recognised as Colour

#E1CD2B

#E1CD2B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E1CD2B is a yellow with RGB values 225, 205, 43 and HSL 53°, 75%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E1CD2B#E1CD2B

HEX#E1CD2B

RGBrgb(225, 205, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8039, 0.1686

RGB percentages88.2%, 80.4%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(53.4, 75.2%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 80.9%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 80.9%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,798,123

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CD2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59845WCAG 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 12.97:1

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

Contrast with black12.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#1E32D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7CF39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F3BEB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.3 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 text12.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Yellow · ΔE 27.6 Yellow green · ΔE 30.7 Khaki · ΔE 31.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B3FE1

Analogous#E1722B, #9AE12B

Triadic#2BE1CD, #CD2BE1

Split complementary#2B9AE1, #722BE1

Tetradic#2BE172, #2B3FE1, #E12B9A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF7DE

Lighter +30%#F4EDB1

Lighter +20%#EEE284

Lighter +10%#E7D858

Darker −10%#BEAC1B

Darker −20%#918415

Darker −30%#655B0E

Darker −40%#383308

More saturated +25%#FFE40D

Less saturated −25%#C3B549

Channel breakdown

R225

G205

B43

Red225 (88.2%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue53.41°

Saturation (HSL)75.21%

Lightness52.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CD · B 2B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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