Recognised as Colour

#E3E33A

#E3E33A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E3E33A is a yellow with RGB values 227, 227, 58 and HSL 60°, 75%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E3E33A#E3E33A

HEX#E3E33A

RGBrgb(227, 227, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8902, 0.2275

RGB percentages89%, 89%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(60, 75.1%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 74.4%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 74.4%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,934,842

CSS custom property--colour: #E3E33A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.31:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#1C1CC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D90Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7DE48no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.8 Yellow · ΔE 20.6 Yellow green · ΔE 24.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.8 Khaki · ΔE 32.9 Green yellow · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.81, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A3AE3

Analogous#E38F3A, #8FE33A

Triadic#3AE3E3, #E33AE3

Split complementary#3A8FE3, #8F3AE3

Tetradic#3AE38F, #3A3AE3, #E33A8F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFCED

Lighter +30%#F6F6C0

Lighter +20%#F0F093

Lighter +10%#E9E967

Darker −10%#CDCD1D

Darker −20%#A0A017

Darker −30%#747410

Darker −40%#47470A

More saturated +25%#FFFF1E

Less saturated −25%#C7C756

Channel breakdown

R227

G227

B58

Red227 (89%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)75.11%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E3 · G E3 · B 3A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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