Colour

#E2CE4E

#E2CE4E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E2CE4E is a yellow with RGB values 226, 206, 78 and HSL 52°, 72%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E2CE4E#E2CE4E

HEX#E2CE4E

RGBrgb(226, 206, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8078, 0.3059

RGB percentages88.6%, 80.8%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(51.9, 71.8%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 65.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 65.5%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,863,950

CSS custom property--colour: #E2CE4E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60861WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.17:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1D31B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C83Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6D055no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F3C0B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 55.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Khaki · ΔE 20.5 Gold · ΔE 24.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 26.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Yellow green · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 20.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E62E2

Analogous#E2844E, #ACE24E

Triadic#4EE2CE, #CE4EE2

Split complementary#4EACE2, #844EE2

Tetradic#4EE284, #4E62E2, #E24EAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFD

Lighter +30%#F8F2D1

Lighter +20%#F0E6A6

Lighter +10%#E9DA7A

Darker −10%#D9C124

Darker −20%#AE9A1C

Darker −30%#827315

Darker −40%#564C0E

More saturated +25%#FCE134

Less saturated −25%#C8BB68

Channel breakdown

R226

G206

B78

Red226 (88.6%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue51.89°

Saturation (HSL)71.84%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G CE · B 4E

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