Colour

#E3DF28

#E3DF28
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E3DF28 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 223, 40 and HSL 59°, 77%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E3DF28#E3DF28

HEX#E3DF28

RGBrgb(227, 223, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8745, 0.1569

RGB percentages89%, 87.5%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(58.7, 77%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.7, 82.4%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 82.4%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,933,800

CSS custom property--colour: #E3DF28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69259WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.85:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#1C20D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5DC3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F4D0BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.7 Yellow · ΔE 18.2 Yellow green · ΔE 26.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.3 Green yellow · ΔE 35.7 Khaki · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#282CE3

Analogous#E38228, #89E328

Triadic#28E3DF, #DF28E3

Split complementary#2889E3, #8228E3

Tetradic#28E382, #282CE3, #E32889

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFADC

Lighter +30%#F5F3AF

Lighter +20%#EFEC82

Lighter +10%#E9E655

Darker −10%#BFBC19

Darker −20%#928F13

Darker −30%#65630D

Darker −40%#383707

More saturated +25%#FFFA0C

Less saturated −25%#C5C246

Channel breakdown

R227

G223

B40

Red227 (89%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue58.72°

Saturation (HSL)76.95%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E3 · G DF · B 28

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Colour values

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