Colour

#E1CE09

#E1CE09
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E1CE09 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 206, 9 and HSL 55°, 92%, 46%. 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

#E1CE09#E1CE09

HEX#E1CE09

RGBrgb(225, 206, 9)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8078, 0.0353

RGB percentages88.2%, 80.8%, 3.5%

HSLhsl(54.7, 92.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.7, 96%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 96%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,798,345

CSS custom property--colour: #E1CE09;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6017WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#1E31F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8CF27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F3BEAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.1 Yellow · ΔE 23 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.2 Yellow green · ΔE 32.1 Orange · ΔE 34.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#091CE1

Analogous#E16209, #88E109

Triadic#09E1CE, #CE09E1

Split complementary#0988E1, #6209E1

Tetradic#09E162, #091CE1, #E10988

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF6BA

Lighter +30%#FAF089

Lighter +20%#F8EA58

Lighter +10%#F6E427

Darker −10%#B0A107

Darker −20%#7F7405

Darker −30%#4E4703

Darker −40%#1D1A01

More saturated +25%#EAD500

Less saturated −25%#C4B626

Channel breakdown

R225

G206

Red225 (88.2%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue9 (3.5%)

Hue54.72°

Saturation (HSL)92.31%

Lightness45.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G CE · B 09

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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