Colour

#E7C612

#E7C612
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E7C612 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 198, 18 and HSL 51°, 86%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#E7C612

RGBrgb(231, 198, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.7765, 0.0706

RGB percentages90.6%, 77.6%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(50.7, 85.5%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 92.2%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 14.3%, 92.2%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,189,522

CSS custom property--colour: #E7C612;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57421WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.48:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#1839ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DCC100no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4CC27no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FAB5A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 18.7 Orange · ΔE 27.9 Yellow · ΔE 28.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Khaki · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1233E7

Analogous#E75B12, #9EE712

Triadic#12E7C6, #C612E7

Split complementary#129EE7, #5B12E7

Tetradic#12E75B, #1233E7, #E7129E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF3CA

Lighter +30%#F7E99B

Lighter +20%#F4DE6B

Lighter +10%#F0D43C

Darker −10%#B89D0E

Darker −20%#88750B

Darker −30%#594C07

Darker −40%#2A2403

More saturated +25%#F9D200

Less saturated −25%#C8B131

Channel breakdown

R231

G198

B18

Red231 (90.6%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue50.7°

Saturation (HSL)85.54%

Lightness48.82%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G C6 · B 12

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