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Recognised as Colour

#E7CD2A

  • #E7CD2A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Gold

#E7CD2A is a yellow with RGB values 231, 205, 42 and HSL 52°, 80%, 54%. 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

#E7CD2A#E7CD2A
HEX#E7CD2A
RGBrgb(231, 205, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8039, 0.1647
RGB percentages90.6%, 80.4%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(51.7, 79.7%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 81.8%, 90.6%)
CMYK0%, 11.3%, 81.8%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,191,338
CSS custom property--colour: #E7CD2A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60819WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.1 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#1832D5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#E9D138no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FABDB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.7 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 12.7Goldenrod · ΔE 20.3Yellow · ΔE 28Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.3Orange · ΔE 31.4Khaki · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.68, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2A44E7
Analogous#E76E2A, #A3E72A
Triadic#2AE7CD, #CD2AE7
Split complementary#2AA2E7, #6F2AE7
Tetradic#2AE76E, #2A44E7, #E72AA2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCF8E1
Lighter +30%#F6EDB4
Lighter +20%#F1E386
Lighter +10%#ECD858
Darker −10%#C8AF16
Darker −20%#9A8711
Darker −30%#6C5F0C
Darker −40%#3E3607
More saturated +25%#FFDE12
Less saturated −25%#C9B848

Channel breakdown

R231
G205
B42
Red231 (90.6%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue51.75°
Saturation (HSL)79.75%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E7 · G CD · B 2A

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