Recognised as Colour

#E4CB00

#E4CB00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E4CB00 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 203, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E4CB00#E4CB00

HEX#E4CB00

RGBrgb(228, 203, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.7961, 0

RGB percentages89.4%, 79.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(53.4, 100%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 100%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 100%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,994,176

CSS custom property--colour: #E4CB00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59206WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.84:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2

Inverted#1B34FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7CE23no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F7BBADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 9.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Yellow · ΔE 24.5 Orange · ΔE 32.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.1 Yellow green · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0019E4

Analogous#E45900, #8BE400

Triadic#00E4CB, #CB00E4

Split complementary#008BE4, #5900E4

Tetradic#00E459, #0019E4, #E4008B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6B1

Lighter +30%#FFF17E

Lighter +20%#FFEB4B

Lighter +10%#FFE618

Darker −10%#B19E00

Darker −20%#7E7000

Darker −30%#4B4300

Darker −40%#181500

More saturated +25%#E4CB00

Less saturated −25%#C8B51C

Channel breakdown

R228

G203

Red228 (89.4%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue53.42°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G CB · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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