Colour
#E2C91B
- #E2C91B
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#E2C91B is a yellow with RGB values 226, 201, 27 and HSL 52°, 79%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#E2C91B#E2C91B
HEX#E2C91B
RGBrgb(226, 201, 27)
RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.7882, 0.1059
RGB percentages88.6%, 78.8%, 10.6%
HSLhsl(52.5, 78.7%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 88.1%, 88.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.1%, 88.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,862,619
CSS custom property--colour: #E2C91B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.58021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#1D36E4
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#1B34E2
Analogous#E2661B, #97E21B
Triadic#1BE2C9, #C91BE2
Split complementary#1B97E2, #661BE2
Tetradic#1BE266, #1B34E2, #E21B97
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R226
G201
B27
Red226 (88.6%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue27 (10.6%)
Hue52.46°
Saturation (HSL)78.66%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E2 · G C9 · B 1B
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