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Recognised as Colour

#E3B107

  • #E3B107
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#E3B107 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 177, 7 and HSL 46°, 94%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E3B107#E3B107
HEX#E3B107
RGBrgb(227, 177, 7)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.6941, 0.0275
RGB percentages89%, 69.4%, 2.7%
HSLhsl(46.4, 94%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.4, 96.9%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 22%, 96.9%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,921,991
CSS custom property--colour: #E3B107;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.56:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#1C4EF8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8B000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4BD1Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F7A097no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 9.1Gold · ΔE 17.9Orange · ΔE 18.4Dark goldenrod · ΔE 21.1Dark orange · ΔE 31.6Sandy brown · ΔE 34.4
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0739E3
Analogous#E34307, #A7E307
Triadic#07E3B1, #B107E3
Split complementary#07A7E3, #4307E3
Tetradic#07E343, #0739E3, #E307A7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDEDB9
Lighter +30%#FBE188
Lighter +20%#FAD556
Lighter +10%#F8C825
Darker −10%#B28A05
Darker −20%#806404
Darker −30%#4F3D02
Darker −40%#1D1701
More saturated +25%#EAB500
Less saturated −25%#C6A124

Channel breakdown

R227
G177
B7
Red227 (89%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue7 (2.7%)
Hue46.36°
Saturation (HSL)94.02%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G B1 · B 07

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