Colour

#E5CC24

#E5CC24
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E5CC24 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 204, 36 and HSL 52°, 79%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E5CC24#E5CC24

HEX#E5CC24

RGBrgb(229, 204, 36)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8, 0.1412

RGB percentages89.8%, 80%, 14.1%

HSLhsl(52.2, 78.8%, 52%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 84.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 84.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,060,004

CSS custom property--colour: #E5CC24;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59971WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.99:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#1A33DB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8CF34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F7BCAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Yellow · ΔE 27.3 Orange · ΔE 31.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.7 Yellow green · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.19, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#243DE5

Analogous#E56C24, #9DE524

Triadic#24E5CC, #CC24E5

Split complementary#249DE5, #6C24E5

Tetradic#24E56C, #243DE5, #E5249D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF6DA

Lighter +30%#F5ECAD

Lighter +20%#F0E17F

Lighter +10%#EAD752

Darker −10%#BFA917

Darker −20%#928111

Darker −30%#64590C

Darker −40%#373006

More saturated +25%#FFDF0A

Less saturated −25%#C6B543

Channel breakdown

R229

G204

B36

Red229 (89.8%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue36 (14.1%)

Hue52.23°

Saturation (HSL)78.78%

Lightness51.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G CC · B 24

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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