Recognised as Colour

#E3DB23

#E3DB23
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E3DB23 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 219, 35 and HSL 57°, 77%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E3DB23#E3DB23

HEX#E3DB23

RGBrgb(227, 219, 35)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8588, 0.1373

RGB percentages89%, 85.9%, 13.7%

HSLhsl(57.5, 77.4%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 84.6%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 3.5%, 84.6%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,932,771

CSS custom property--colour: #E3DB23;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67115WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.42:1

Contrast with white1.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#1C24DC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2D937no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F4CCBBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.46:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15 Yellow · ΔE 19.2 Yellow green · ΔE 28.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 30.4 Khaki · ΔE 36.4 Green yellow · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#232BE3

Analogous#E37B23, #8BE323

Triadic#23E3DB, #DB23E3

Split complementary#238BE3, #7B23E3

Tetradic#23E37B, #232BE3, #E3238B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF9D8

Lighter +30%#F4F1AB

Lighter +20%#EFEA7D

Lighter +10%#E9E250

Darker −10%#BBB418

Darker −20%#8E8912

Darker −30%#615D0C

Darker −40%#333207

More saturated +25%#FFF507

Less saturated −25%#C4BF42

Channel breakdown

R227

G219

B35

Red227 (89%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue35 (13.7%)

Hue57.5°

Saturation (HSL)77.42%

Lightness51.37%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G DB · B 23

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