Colour

#E8CD12

#E8CD12
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E8CD12 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 205, 18 and HSL 52°, 86%, 49%. 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

#E8CD12#E8CD12

HEX#E8CD12

RGBrgb(232, 205, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8039, 0.0706

RGB percentages91%, 80.4%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(52.4, 85.6%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 92.2%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 92.2%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,256,850

CSS custom property--colour: #E8CD12;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60862WCAG 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 13.17:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#1732ED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD129no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FBBCAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.6 Yellow · ΔE 25 Orange · ΔE 31.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.7 Yellow green · ΔE 35.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.91, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#122DE8

Analogous#E86212, #98E812

Triadic#12E8CD, #CD12E8

Split complementary#1298E8, #6212E8

Tetradic#12E862, #122DE8, #E81298

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF5CB

Lighter +30%#F7EC9C

Lighter +20%#F4E36C

Lighter +10%#F0D93D

Darker −10%#B9A30E

Darker −20%#89790B

Darker −30%#5A5007

Darker −40%#2B2603

More saturated +25%#FADA00

Less saturated −25%#C9B631

Channel breakdown

R232

G205

B18

Red232 (91%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue52.43°

Saturation (HSL)85.6%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G CD · B 12

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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