Recognised as Colour

#E5CE34

#E5CE34
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E5CE34 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 206, 52 and HSL 52°, 77%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E5CE34#E5CE34

HEX#E5CE34

RGBrgb(229, 206, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8078, 0.2039

RGB percentages89.8%, 80.8%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(52.2, 77.3%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 77.3%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 77.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,060,532

CSS custom property--colour: #E5CE34;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#1A31CB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C80Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D140no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F7BFB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Yellow · ΔE 29.3 Khaki · ΔE 29.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.9 Yellow green · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#344BE5

Analogous#E57534, #A3E534

Triadic#34E5CE, #CE34E5

Split complementary#34A3E5, #7634E5

Tetradic#34E576, #344BE5, #E534A3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFAE9

Lighter +30%#F6EFBC

Lighter +20%#F1E48E

Lighter +10%#EBD961

Darker −10%#CCB51A

Darker −20%#9F8D14

Darker −30%#71650F

Darker −40%#443D09

More saturated +25%#FFE11A

Less saturated −25%#C8B951

Channel breakdown

R229

G206

B52

Red229 (89.8%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue52.2°

Saturation (HSL)77.29%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G CE · B 34

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