Recognised as Colour

#E2E031

#E2E031
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E2E031 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 224, 49 and HSL 59°, 75%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E2E031#E2E031

HEX#E2E031

RGBrgb(226, 224, 49)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8784, 0.1922

RGB percentages88.6%, 87.8%, 19.2%

HSLhsl(59.3, 75.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 78.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 0.9%, 78.3%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,868,529

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E031;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69702WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1D1FCE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5DC41no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.3 Yellow · ΔE 19.6 Yellow green · ΔE 25.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.2 Khaki · ΔE 34.5 Green yellow · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3133E2

Analogous#E28831, #8BE231

Triadic#31E2E0, #E031E2

Split complementary#318BE2, #8831E2

Tetradic#31E288, #3133E2, #E2318B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFBE4

Lighter +30%#F5F4B7

Lighter +20%#EFED8A

Lighter +10%#E8E75E

Darker −10%#C4C21C

Darker −20%#989615

Darker −30%#6B6A0F

Darker −40%#3E3E09

More saturated +25%#FFFC14

Less saturated −25%#C5C34E

Channel breakdown

R226

G224

B49

Red226 (88.6%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue49 (19.2%)

Hue59.32°

Saturation (HSL)75.32%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G E0 · B 31

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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