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Recognised as Colour

#E3CB46

  • #E3CB46
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#E3CB46 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 203, 70 and HSL 51°, 74%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E3CB46#E3CB46
HEX#E3CB46
RGBrgb(227, 203, 70)
RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.7961, 0.2745
RGB percentages89%, 79.6%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(50.8, 73.7%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.8, 69.2%, 89%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 69.2%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,928,710
CSS custom property--colour: #E3CB46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.9:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#1C34B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEC633no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#E5CE4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F4BCB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 57.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 18.3Gold · ΔE 21.9Khaki · ΔE 23.2Dark goldenrod · ΔE 27.6Dark khaki · ΔE 28.3Olive · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)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#465EE3
Analogous#E37C46, #ADE346
Triadic#46E3CB, #CB46E3
Split complementary#46ACE3, #7C46E3
Tetradic#46E37C, #465EE3, #E346AC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDF7
Lighter +30%#F7F0CB
Lighter +20%#F0E49F
Lighter +10%#EAD772
Darker −10%#D6BA20
Darker −20%#A9931A
Darker −30%#7D6D13
Darker −40%#51460C
More saturated +25%#FEDD2B
Less saturated −25%#C8B961

Channel breakdown

R227
G203
B70
Red227 (89%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue50.83°
Saturation (HSL)73.71%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E3 · G CB · B 46

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