Recognised as Colour

#E2DC03

#E2DC03
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E2DC03 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 220, 3 and HSL 58°, 97%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E2DC03#E2DC03

HEX#E2DC03

RGBrgb(226, 220, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8627, 0.0118

RGB percentages88.6%, 86.3%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(58.4, 97.4%, 44.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.4, 98.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 2.7%, 98.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,867,459

CSS custom property--colour: #E2DC03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.47:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#1D23FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0D300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3D929no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F3CCBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15 Yellow · ΔE 15.7 Yellow green · ΔE 29.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.4 Green yellow · ΔE 36.4 Khaki · ΔE 40.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0309E2

Analogous#E26D03, #78E203

Triadic#03E2DC, #DC03E2

Split complementary#0378E2, #6D03E2

Tetradic#03E26D, #0309E2, #E20378

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCB3

Lighter +30%#FDFA81

Lighter +20%#FDF84E

Lighter +10%#FCF61C

Darker −10%#B0AB02

Darker −20%#7D7A02

Darker −30%#4B4901

Darker −40%#191800

More saturated +25%#E5DF00

Less saturated −25%#C5C120

Channel breakdown

R226

G220

Red226 (88.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue58.39°

Saturation (HSL)97.38%

Lightness44.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G DC · B 03

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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