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Recognised as Colour

#E5CE48

  • #E5CE48
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Goldenrod

#E5CE48 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 206, 72 and HSL 51°, 75%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E5CE48#E5CE48
HEX#E5CE48
RGBrgb(229, 206, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8078, 0.2824
RGB percentages89.8%, 80.8%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(51.2, 75.1%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 68.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK0%, 10%, 68.6%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,060,552
CSS custom property--colour: #E5CE48;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61269WCAG 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 white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#1A31B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1C935no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E8D150no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Tritanopia#F6BFB3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 19.3Gold · ΔE 21.6Khaki · ΔE 23Dark goldenrod · ΔE 28.8Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8Yellow green · ΔE 31.9
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#485FE5
Analogous#E58048, #ADE548
Triadic#48E5CE, #CE48E5
Split complementary#48ADE5, #8048E5
Tetradic#48E580, #485FE5, #E548AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEFB
Lighter +30%#F8F2CE
Lighter +20%#F2E6A1
Lighter +10%#EBDA75
Darker −10%#DBBF1F
Darker −20%#AE9819
Darker −30%#827112
Darker −40%#554A0C
More saturated +25%#FFE02E
Less saturated −25%#CBBC62

Channel breakdown

R229
G206
B72
Red229 (89.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue51.21°
Saturation (HSL)75.12%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E5 · G CE · B 48

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