Recognised as Colour

#E3C405

#E3C405
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E3C405 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 196, 5 and HSL 52°, 96%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E3C405#E3C405

HEX#E3C405

RGBrgb(227, 196, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.7686, 0.0196

RGB percentages89%, 76.9%, 2%

HSLhsl(51.6, 95.7%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 97.8%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 13.7%, 97.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,926,853

CSS custom property--colour: #E3C405;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.16:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#1C3BFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DABF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2C922no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F6B4A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Orange · ΔE 28.5 Yellow · ΔE 28.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Yellow green · ΔE 36.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.41, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0524E3

Analogous#E35505, #93E305

Triadic#05E3C4, #C405E3

Split complementary#0593E3, #5505E3

Tetradic#05E355, #0524E3, #E30593

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF4B7

Lighter +30%#FCEC85

Lighter +20%#FBE453

Lighter +10%#FADC21

Darker −10%#B19904

Darker −20%#7F6E03

Darker −30%#4D4302

Darker −40%#1B1801

More saturated +25%#E8C800

Less saturated −25%#C6AF22

Channel breakdown

R227

G196

Red227 (89%)

Green196 (76.9%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue51.62°

Saturation (HSL)95.69%

Lightness45.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G C4 · B 05

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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