Recognised as Colour

#E5C24E

#E5C24E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E5C24E is a yellow with RGB values 229, 194, 78 and HSL 46°, 74%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E5C24E

RGBrgb(229, 194, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7608, 0.3059

RGB percentages89.8%, 76.1%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(46.1, 74.4%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.1, 65.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 15.3%, 65.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,057,486

CSS custom property--colour: #E5C24E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness196.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.16:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#1A3DB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6BF40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFC954no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F7B3AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.5 Khaki · ΔE 21.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.1 Gold · ΔE 27.3 Sandy brown · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E71E5

Analogous#E5774E, #BDE54E

Triadic#4EE5C2, #C24EE5

Split complementary#4EBCE5, #774EE5

Tetradic#4EE577, #4E71E5, #E54EBC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F9F0D3

Lighter +20%#F2E1A7

Lighter +10%#ECD17A

Darker −10%#DEB322

Darker −20%#B38F1A

Darker −30%#866C14

Darker −40%#5A480D

More saturated +25%#FED035

Less saturated −25%#CCB467

Channel breakdown

R229

G194

B78

Red229 (89.8%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue46.09°

Saturation (HSL)74.38%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G C2 · B 4E

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Colour values

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