Colour

#E7C356

#E7C356
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E7C356 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 195, 86 and HSL 45°, 75%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E7C356#E7C356

HEX#E7C356

RGBrgb(231, 195, 86)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.7647, 0.3373

RGB percentages90.6%, 76.5%, 33.7%

HSLhsl(45.1, 75.1%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.1, 62.8%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 15.6%, 62.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,188,822

CSS custom property--colour: #E7C356;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56691WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#183CA9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D7C04Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E0CB5Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#F9B4ABno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 16.1 Khaki · ΔE 19.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 22 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.2 Sandy brown · ΔE 25.7 Burlywood · ΔE 28.9

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 16.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#567AE7

Analogous#E77B56, #C2E756

Triadic#56E7C3, #C356E7

Split complementary#56C2E7, #7B56E7

Tetradic#56E77B, #567AE7, #E756C2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF3DC

Lighter +20%#F4E3AF

Lighter +10%#EDD383

Darker −10%#E1B329

Darker −20%#BC941B

Darker −30%#907114

Darker −40%#634E0E

More saturated +25%#FFCF3E

Less saturated −25%#CFB76E

Channel breakdown

R231

G195

B86

Red231 (90.6%)

Green195 (76.5%)

Blue86 (33.7%)

Hue45.1°

Saturation (HSL)75.13%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G C3 · B 56

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