Recognised as Colour

#E4E341

#E4E341
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E4E341 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 227, 65 and HSL 60°, 75%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E4E341#E4E341

HEX#E4E341

RGBrgb(228, 227, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8902, 0.2549

RGB percentages89.4%, 89%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(59.6, 75.1%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.6, 71.5%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 71.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,000,385

CSS custom property--colour: #E4E341;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.36:1

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

Contrast with black15.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#1B1CBE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DA22no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7DF4Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F4D5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.1 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 text15.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 20.5 Yellow · ΔE 22.5 Yellow green · ΔE 24.4 Khaki · ΔE 30.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.9 Green yellow · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 20.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4142E4

Analogous#E49241, #93E441

Triadic#41E4E3, #E341E4

Split complementary#4193E4, #9241E4

Tetradic#41E492, #4142E4, #E44193

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFDF4

Lighter +30%#F7F7C7

Lighter +20%#F1F09A

Lighter +10%#EAEA6E

Darker −10%#D4D31E

Darker −20%#A7A618

Darker −30%#7B7A11

Darker −40%#4E4E0B

More saturated +25%#FFFE26

Less saturated −25%#C9C85C

Channel breakdown

R228

G227

B65

Red228 (89.4%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue59.63°

Saturation (HSL)75.12%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G E3 · B 41

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