Recognised as Colour

#E5E028

#E5E028
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E5E028 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 224, 40 and HSL 58°, 78%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E5E028#E5E028

HEX#E5E028

RGBrgb(229, 224, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.8784, 0.1569

RGB percentages89.8%, 87.8%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(58.4, 78.4%, 52.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.4, 82.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK0%, 2.2%, 82.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,065,128

CSS custom property--colour: #E5E028;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70123WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1A1FD7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DD3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F6D1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.2 Yellow · ΔE 17.7 Yellow green · ΔE 27.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.4 Green yellow · ΔE 36 Khaki · ΔE 36.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#282DE5

Analogous#E58228, #8BE528

Triadic#28E5E0, #E028E5

Split complementary#288BE5, #8228E5

Tetradic#28E582, #282DE5, #E5288B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFADE

Lighter +30%#F6F4B0

Lighter +20%#F0ED83

Lighter +10%#EBE755

Darker −10%#C2BE18

Darker −20%#959212

Darker −30%#67650D

Darker −40%#3A3907

More saturated +25%#FFF90E

Less saturated −25%#C7C346

Channel breakdown

R229

G224

B40

Red229 (89.8%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue58.41°

Saturation (HSL)78.42%

Lightness52.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E5 · G E0 · B 28

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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