Recognised as Colour
#E2C00A
- #E2C00A
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#E2C00A is a yellow with RGB values 226, 192, 10 and HSL 51°, 92%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#E2C00A#E2C00A
HEX#E2C00A
RGBrgb(226, 192, 10)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.7529, 0.0392
RGB percentages88.6%, 75.3%, 3.9%
HSLhsl(50.6, 91.5%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 95.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 15%, 95.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,860,298
CSS custom property--colour: #E2C00A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.5389WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#1D3FF5
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0A2CE2
Analogous#E2540A, #98E20A
Triadic#0AE2C0, #C00AE2
Split complementary#0A98E2, #540AE2
Tetradic#0AE254, #0A2CE2, #E20A98
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R226
G192
B10
Red226 (88.6%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue10 (3.9%)
Hue50.56°
Saturation (HSL)91.53%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G C0 · B 0A
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