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Recognised as Colour

#E5CE46

  • #E5CE46
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#E5CE46 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 206, 70 and HSL 51°, 75%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E5CE46#E5CE46
HEX#E5CE46
RGBrgb(229, 206, 70)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8078, 0.2745
RGB percentages89.8%, 80.8%, 27.5%
HSLhsl(51.3, 75.4%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 69.4%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 69.4%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,060,550
CSS custom property--colour: #E5CE46;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61243WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.25:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#1A31B9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1C932no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8D14Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F6BFB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.1 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 text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3Gold · ΔE 20.9Khaki · ΔE 23.7Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.9Dark khaki · ΔE 29.5Yellow green · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 19.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#465DE5
Analogous#E57F46, #ADE546
Triadic#46E5CE, #CE46E5
Split complementary#46ADE5, #7E46E5
Tetradic#46E57E, #465DE5, #E546AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFDF9
Lighter +30%#F8F2CC
Lighter +20%#F2E69F
Lighter +10%#EBDA73
Darker −10%#D9BE1F
Darker −20%#AD9718
Darker −30%#807012
Darker −40%#53490C
More saturated +25%#FFE02C
Less saturated −25%#CBBB60

Channel breakdown

R229
G206
B70
Red229 (89.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue70 (27.5%)
Hue51.32°
Saturation (HSL)75.36%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G CE · B 46

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