Colour

#E8CE16

#E8CE16
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E8CE16 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 206, 22 and HSL 53°, 83%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E8CE16#E8CE16

HEX#E8CE16

RGBrgb(232, 206, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8078, 0.0863

RGB percentages91%, 80.8%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(52.6, 82.7%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 90.5%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 11.2%, 90.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,257,110

CSS custom property--colour: #E8CE16;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61356WCAG 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 13.27:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#1731E9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD22Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FBBEB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 9.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.8 Yellow · ΔE 24.8 Orange · ΔE 31.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.9 Yellow green · ΔE 34.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1630E8

Analogous#E86516, #99E816

Triadic#16E8CE, #CE16E8

Split complementary#1699E8, #6516E8

Tetradic#16E865, #1630E8, #E81699

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF5D0

Lighter +30%#F6ECA1

Lighter +20%#F2E272

Lighter +10%#EDD844

Darker −10%#B9A512

Darker −20%#8B7B0D

Darker −30%#5C5209

Darker −40%#2E2904

More saturated +25%#FEDF00

Less saturated −25%#C8B636

Channel breakdown

R232

G206

B22

Red232 (91%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue52.57°

Saturation (HSL)82.68%

Lightness49.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G CE · B 16

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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