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Recognised as Colour

#E5C348

  • #E5C348
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#E5C348 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 195, 72 and HSL 47°, 75%, 59%. 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

#E5C348#E5C348
HEX#E5C348
RGBrgb(229, 195, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.7647, 0.2824
RGB percentages89.8%, 76.5%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(47, 75.1%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47, 68.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 14.8%, 68.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,057,736
CSS custom property--colour: #E5C348;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56156WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.23:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#1A3CB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7C038no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0CA4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F7B4AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14Khaki · ΔE 22.9Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.2Gold · ΔE 24.6Dark khaki · ΔE 26.3Orange · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 13.98, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#486AE5
Analogous#E57448, #B9E548
Triadic#48E5C3, #C348E5
Split complementary#48B9E5, #7448E5
Tetradic#48E574, #486AE5, #E548B9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFB
Lighter +30%#F8EFCE
Lighter +20%#F2E0A1
Lighter +10%#EBD275
Darker −10%#DBB21F
Darker −20%#AE8E19
Darker −30%#826A12
Darker −40%#55450C
More saturated +25%#FFD22E
Less saturated −25%#CBB462

Channel breakdown

R229
G195
B72
Red229 (89.8%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue47.01°
Saturation (HSL)75.12%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G C3 · B 48

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