Colour

#E3CB19

#E3CB19
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E3CB19 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 203, 25 and HSL 53°, 80%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E3CB19#E3CB19

HEX#E3CB19

RGBrgb(227, 203, 25)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.7961, 0.098

RGB percentages89%, 79.6%, 9.8%

HSLhsl(52.9, 80.2%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 89%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 89%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,928,665

CSS custom property--colour: #E3CB19;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59113WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#1C34E6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E6CE2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F5BBADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.8 Yellow · ΔE 26.1 Orange · ΔE 32.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.6 Yellow green · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1931E3

Analogous#E36619, #96E319

Triadic#19E3CB, #CB19E3

Split complementary#1996E3, #6619E3

Tetradic#19E366, #1931E3, #E31996

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF5CE

Lighter +30%#F5EBA0

Lighter +20%#F0E172

Lighter +10%#EAD745

Darker −10%#B5A214

Darker −20%#87790F

Darker −30%#59500A

Darker −40%#2B2705

More saturated +25%#FCDE00

Less saturated −25%#C3B339

Channel breakdown

R227

G203

B25

Red227 (89%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue25 (9.8%)

Hue52.87°

Saturation (HSL)80.16%

Lightness49.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G CB · B 19

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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