Colour

#E8CD32

#E8CD32
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E8CD32 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 205, 50 and HSL 51°, 80%, 55%. 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

#E8CD32#E8CD32

HEX#E8CD32

RGBrgb(232, 205, 50)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8039, 0.1961

RGB percentages91%, 80.4%, 19.6%

HSLhsl(51.1, 79.8%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 78.4%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 11.6%, 78.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,256,882

CSS custom property--colour: #E8CD32;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1

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

Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#1732CD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C803no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D13Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FBBDB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64.5 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 text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.2 Yellow · ΔE 29.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.2 Khaki · ΔE 30.4 Orange · ΔE 31

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#324DE8

Analogous#E87232, #A8E832

Triadic#32E8CD, #CD32E8

Split complementary#32A8E8, #7232E8

Tetradic#32E872, #324DE8, #E832A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFAE9

Lighter +30%#F7EFBC

Lighter +20%#F2E38E

Lighter +10%#EDD860

Darker −10%#D0B417

Darker −20%#A28D12

Darker −30%#74650D

Darker −40%#463D08

More saturated +25%#FFDD1B

Less saturated −25%#CCB94F

Channel breakdown

R232

G205

B50

Red232 (91%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue50 (19.6%)

Hue51.1°

Saturation (HSL)79.82%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G CD · B 32

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Colour values

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