Recognised as Colour

#E7CD28

#E7CD28
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E7CD28 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 205, 40 and HSL 52°, 80%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E7CD28#E7CD28

HEX#E7CD28

RGBrgb(231, 205, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8039, 0.1569

RGB percentages90.6%, 80.4%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(51.8, 79.9%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 82.7%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 82.7%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,191,336

CSS custom property--colour: #E7CD28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.16:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#1832D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D136no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FABDB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Yellow · ΔE 27.6 Orange · ΔE 31.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.6 Khaki · ΔE 32.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2842E7

Analogous#E76E28, #A2E728

Triadic#28E7CD, #CD28E7

Split complementary#28A2E7, #6E28E7

Tetradic#28E76D, #2842E7, #E728A1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF8E0

Lighter +30%#F6EDB2

Lighter +20%#F1E284

Lighter +10%#ECD856

Darker −10%#C6AE16

Darker −20%#988611

Darker −30%#6A5D0C

Darker −40%#3C3507

More saturated +25%#FFDE10

Less saturated −25%#C9B746

Channel breakdown

R231

G205

B40

Red231 (90.6%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue51.83°

Saturation (HSL)79.92%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G CD · B 28

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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