Recognised as Colour
#E7B905
- #E7B905
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Goldenrod
#E7B905 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 185, 5 and HSL 48°, 96%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.
Colour values
#E7B905#E7B905
HEX#E7B905
RGBrgb(231, 185, 5)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.7255, 0.0196
RGB percentages90.6%, 72.5%, 2%
HSLhsl(47.8, 95.8%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 97.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 19.9%, 97.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,186,181
CSS custom property--colour: #E7B905;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.51698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.34:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#1846FA
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.34:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0533E7
Analogous#E74805, #A4E705
Triadic#05E7B9, #B905E7
Split complementary#05A4E7, #4805E7
Tetradic#05E748, #0533E7, #E705A4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R231
G185
B5
Red231 (90.6%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue5 (2%)
Hue47.79°
Saturation (HSL)95.76%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G B9 · B 05
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