Recognised as Colour

#E3CF49

#E3CF49
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E3CF49 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 207, 73 and HSL 52°, 73%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E3CF49#E3CF49

HEX#E3CF49

RGBrgb(227, 207, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8118, 0.2863

RGB percentages89%, 81.2%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(52.2, 73.3%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 67.8%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 67.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,929,737

CSS custom property--colour: #E3CF49;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.29:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#1C30B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C936no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D151no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F4C1B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 20.4 Gold · ΔE 22.2 Khaki · ΔE 22.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.6 Yellow green · ΔE 30.7

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 20.4, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#495DE3

Analogous#E38249, #AAE349

Triadic#49E3CF, #CF49E3

Split complementary#49AAE3, #8249E3

Tetradic#49E382, #495DE3, #E349AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEFA

Lighter +30%#F7F2CE

Lighter +20%#F1E6A1

Lighter +10%#EADB75

Darker −10%#D8C021

Darker −20%#AC991A

Darker −30%#7F7114

Darker −40%#534A0D

More saturated +25%#FDE22F

Less saturated −25%#C9BC63

Channel breakdown

R227

G207

B73

Red227 (89%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue52.21°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G CF · B 49

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