Recognised as Colour
#E8CD29
- #E8CD29
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#E8CD29 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 205, 41 and HSL 52°, 81%, 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
#E8CD29#E8CD29
HEX#E8CD29
RGBrgb(232, 205, 41)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8039, 0.1608
RGB percentages91%, 80.4%, 16.1%
HSLhsl(51.5, 80.6%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 82.3%, 91%)
CMYK0%, 11.6%, 82.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,256,873
CSS custom property--colour: #E8CD29;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.60979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.2:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#1732D6
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.2:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#2944E8
Analogous#E86E29, #A3E829
Triadic#29E8CD, #CD29E8
Split complementary#29A3E8, #6E29E8
Tetradic#29E86E, #2944E8, #E829A3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R232
G205
B41
Red232 (91%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue41 (16.1%)
Hue51.52°
Saturation (HSL)80.59%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR E8 · G CD · B 29
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