Recognised as Colour

#E2DC24

#E2DC24
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E2DC24 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 220, 36 and HSL 58°, 77%, 51%. 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

#E2DC24#E2DC24

HEX#E2DC24

RGBrgb(226, 220, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8627, 0.1412

RGB percentages88.6%, 86.3%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(58.1, 76.6%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.1, 84.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 2.7%, 84.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,867,492

CSS custom property--colour: #E2DC24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.5:1

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

Contrast with black14.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1D23DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2D937no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F3CDBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.2 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 text14.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.9 Yellow · ΔE 18.9 Yellow green · ΔE 27.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.2 Khaki · ΔE 36.4 Green yellow · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.86, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#242AE2

Analogous#E27D24, #89E224

Triadic#24E2DC, #DC24E2

Split complementary#2489E2, #7D24E2

Tetradic#24E27D, #242AE2, #E22489

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF9D8

Lighter +30%#F4F2AB

Lighter +20%#EEEA7E

Lighter +10%#E8E351

Darker −10%#BAB519

Darker −20%#8D8913

Darker −30%#605E0D

Darker −40%#333207

More saturated +25%#FFF707

Less saturated −25%#C3BF43

Channel breakdown

R226

G220

B36

Red226 (88.6%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue58.11°

Saturation (HSL)76.61%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G DC · B 24

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#E2DC24

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else