Recognised as Colour

#E1D82E

#E1D82E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E1D82E is a yellow with RGB values 225, 216, 46 and HSL 57°, 75%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E1D82E#E1D82E

HEX#E1D82E

RGBrgb(225, 216, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8471, 0.1804

RGB percentages88.2%, 84.7%, 18%

HSLhsl(57, 74.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57, 79.6%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 4%, 79.6%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,800,942

CSS custom property--colour: #E1D82E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.06:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#1E27D1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFD63Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F2C9B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.2 Yellow · ΔE 22.6 Yellow green · ΔE 27 Goldenrod · ΔE 28 Khaki · ΔE 33 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E37E1

Analogous#E17E2E, #91E12E

Triadic#2EE1D8, #D82EE1

Split complementary#2E91E1, #7E2EE1

Tetradic#2EE17E, #2E37E1, #E12E91

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF9E0

Lighter +30%#F4F1B4

Lighter +20%#EEE987

Lighter +10%#E7E05B

Darker −10%#C0B81C

Darker −20%#948D15

Darker −30%#67630F

Darker −40%#3B3808

More saturated +25%#FFF310

Less saturated −25%#C3BD4C

Channel breakdown

R225

G216

B46

Red225 (88.2%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue56.98°

Saturation (HSL)74.9%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G D8 · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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