Colour

#E3D03A

#E3D03A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E3D03A is a yellow with RGB values 227, 208, 58 and HSL 53°, 75%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E3D03A#E3D03A

HEX#E3D03A

RGBrgb(227, 208, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8157, 0.2275

RGB percentages89%, 81.6%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(53.3, 75.1%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 74.4%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 8.4%, 74.4%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,929,978

CSS custom property--colour: #E3D03A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61748WCAG 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 13.35:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1C2FC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4CA1Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D245no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F4C1B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.5 Khaki · ΔE 27.8 Yellow · ΔE 29.6 Yellow green · ΔE 30 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A4DE3

Analogous#E37B3A, #A2E33A

Triadic#3AE3D0, #D03AE3

Split complementary#3AA2E3, #7B3AE3

Tetradic#3AE37C, #3A4DE3, #E33AA2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFBED

Lighter +30%#F6F0C0

Lighter +20%#F0E593

Lighter +10%#E9DB67

Darker −10%#CDB91D

Darker −20%#A09117

Darker −30%#746810

Darker −40%#47400A

More saturated +25%#FFE61E

Less saturated −25%#C7BA56

Channel breakdown

R227

G208

B58

Red227 (89%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue53.25°

Saturation (HSL)75.11%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G D0 · B 3A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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