Recognised as Colour

#E5CD20

#E5CD20
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E5CD20 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 205, 32 and HSL 53°, 79%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E5CD20#E5CD20

HEX#E5CD20

RGBrgb(229, 205, 32)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8039, 0.1255

RGB percentages89.8%, 80.4%, 12.5%

HSLhsl(52.7, 79.1%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 86%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 10.5%, 86%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,060,256

CSS custom property--colour: #E5CD20;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.08:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#1A32DF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D031no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F7BDAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.9 Yellow · ΔE 26.1 Orange · ΔE 32.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.7 Yellow green · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.5, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2038E5

Analogous#E56A20, #9BE520

Triadic#20E5CD, #CD20E5

Split complementary#209BE5, #6A20E5

Tetradic#20E56A, #2038E5, #E5209B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF6D7

Lighter +30%#F5ECA9

Lighter +20%#F0E17B

Lighter +10%#EAD74E

Darker −10%#BCA816

Darker −20%#8E7F11

Darker −30%#61560B

Darker −40%#332E06

More saturated +25%#FFE106

Less saturated −25%#C6B53F

Channel breakdown

R229

G205

B32

Red229 (89.8%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue32 (12.5%)

Hue52.69°

Saturation (HSL)79.12%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G CD · B 20

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