Recognised as Colour

#E4BA20

#E4BA20
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E4BA20 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 186, 32 and HSL 47°, 78%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E4BA20#E4BA20

HEX#E4BA20

RGBrgb(228, 186, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.7294, 0.1255

RGB percentages89.4%, 72.9%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(47.1, 78.4%, 51%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.1, 86%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 18.4%, 86%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,989,856

CSS custom property--colour: #E4BA20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1

Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#1B45DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D0B700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DAC32Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F7A99Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 63 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 10.8 Gold · ΔE 16.6 Orange · ΔE 22.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Khaki · ΔE 33.9 Olive · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 10.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#204AE4

Analogous#E45820, #ACE420

Triadic#20E4BA, #BA20E4

Split complementary#20ACE4, #5820E4

Tetradic#20E458, #204AE4, #E420AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF2D6

Lighter +30%#F5E4A8

Lighter +20%#EFD67B

Lighter +10%#EAC84D

Darker −10%#BA9717

Darker −20%#8D7211

Darker −30%#5F4D0C

Darker −40%#322906

More saturated +25%#FFC905

Less saturated −25%#C5A83F

Channel breakdown

R228

G186

B32

Red228 (89.4%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue47.14°

Saturation (HSL)78.4%

Lightness50.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G BA · B 20

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