Recognised as Colour

#E7E044

#E7E044
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E7E044 is a yellow with RGB values 231, 224, 68 and HSL 57°, 77%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E7E044#E7E044

HEX#E7E044

RGBrgb(231, 224, 68)

RGB (0–1)0.9059, 0.8784, 0.2667

RGB percentages90.6%, 87.8%, 26.7%

HSLhsl(57.4, 77.3%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.4, 70.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK0%, 3%, 70.6%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,196,228

CSS custom property--colour: #E7E044;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.14:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#181FBB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D829no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DE4Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F8D1C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.4 Yellow · ΔE 24.7 Yellow green · ΔE 26.2 Khaki · ΔE 28.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 29 Dark khaki · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.39, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#444BE7

Analogous#E78F44, #9DE744

Triadic#44E7E0, #E044E7

Split complementary#449DE7, #8E44E7

Tetradic#44E78F, #444BE7, #E7449D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEF9

Lighter +30%#F8F6CC

Lighter +20%#F3EF9E

Lighter +10%#EDE771

Darker −10%#DCD41C

Darker −20%#AFA816

Darker −30%#817D11

Darker −40%#54510B

More saturated +25%#FFF62C

Less saturated −25%#CDC85E

Channel breakdown

R231

G224

B68

Red231 (90.6%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue68 (26.7%)

Hue57.42°

Saturation (HSL)77.25%

Lightness58.63%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E7 · G E0 · B 44

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