Recognised as Colour

#E7D049

#E7D049
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E7D049 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 208, 73 and HSL 51°, 77%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#E7D049

RGBrgb(231, 208, 73)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8157, 0.2863

RGB percentages90.6%, 81.6%, 28.6%

HSLhsl(51.3, 76.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 68.4%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 68.4%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,192,137

CSS custom property--colour: #E7D049;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.52:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#182FB6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3CB36no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD351no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F8C1B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 19.8 Gold · ΔE 21.1 Khaki · ΔE 23.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.5 Yellow green · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 19.76, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4960E7

Analogous#E78149, #AFE749

Triadic#49E7D0, #D049E7

Split complementary#49AFE7, #8149E7

Tetradic#49E781, #4960E7, #E749AF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFD

Lighter +30%#F9F3D0

Lighter +20%#F3E7A3

Lighter +10%#EDDC76

Darker −10%#E0C31D

Darker −20%#B29C18

Darker −30%#857512

Darker −40%#584D0C

More saturated +25%#FFE131

Less saturated −25%#CDBE63

Channel breakdown

R231

G208

B73

Red231 (90.6%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue73 (28.6%)

Hue51.27°

Saturation (HSL)76.7%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G D0 · B 49

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