Colour

#E7CC00

#E7CC00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E7CC00 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 204, 0 and HSL 53°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E7CC00#E7CC00

HEX#E7CC00

RGBrgb(231, 204, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8, 0

RGB percentages90.6%, 80%, 0%

HSLhsl(53, 100%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 100%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 100%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,191,040

CSS custom property--colour: #E7CC00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#1833FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D023no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FABBAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Yellow · ΔE 24.4 Orange · ΔE 31.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.4 Yellow green · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001BE7

Analogous#E75800, #8FE700

Triadic#00E7CC, #CC00E7

Split complementary#008EE7, #5900E7

Tetradic#00E758, #001BE7, #E7008E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6B4

Lighter +30%#FFF081

Lighter +20%#FFEA4E

Lighter +10%#FFE41B

Darker −10%#B49F00

Darker −20%#817200

Darker −30%#4E4500

Darker −40%#1B1800

More saturated +25%#E7CC00

Less saturated −25%#CAB61D

Channel breakdown

R231

G204

Red231 (90.6%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.99°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G CC · B 00

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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