Recognised as Colour

#E8D027

#E8D027
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E8D027 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 208, 39 and HSL 53°, 81%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E8D027#E8D027

HEX#E8D027

RGBrgb(232, 208, 39)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8157, 0.1529

RGB percentages91%, 81.6%, 15.3%

HSLhsl(52.5, 80.8%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 83.2%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 83.2%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,257,639

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D027;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.48:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#172FD8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD336no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FBC0B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Yellow · ΔE 25.9 Orange · ΔE 32.6 Yellow green · ΔE 33 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#273FE8

Analogous#E86F27, #A0E827

Triadic#27E8D0, #D027E8

Split complementary#27A0E8, #6F27E8

Tetradic#27E86F, #273FE8, #E827A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF8DF

Lighter +30%#F7EEB1

Lighter +20%#F2E483

Lighter +10%#EDDA55

Darker −10%#C7B115

Darker −20%#998810

Darker −30%#6B5F0B

Darker −40%#3D3606

More saturated +25%#FFE110

Less saturated −25%#CABA45

Channel breakdown

R232

G208

B39

Red232 (91%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue39 (15.3%)

Hue52.54°

Saturation (HSL)80.75%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D0 · B 27

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