Recognised as Colour

#E8D034

#E8D034
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E8D034 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 208, 52 and HSL 52°, 80%, 56%. 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

#E8D034#E8D034

HEX#E8D034

RGBrgb(232, 208, 52)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8157, 0.2039

RGB percentages91%, 81.6%, 20.4%

HSLhsl(52, 79.6%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 77.6%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 10.3%, 77.6%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,257,652

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D034;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.5:1

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

Contrast with black13.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#172FCB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5CA09no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD340no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FAC0B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.1 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 text13.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.8 Yellow · ΔE 28.5 Khaki · ΔE 30.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.6 Yellow green · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.45, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#344CE8

Analogous#E87634, #A6E834

Triadic#34E8D0, #D034E8

Split complementary#34A6E8, #7634E8

Tetradic#34E876, #344CE8, #E834A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFAEB

Lighter +30%#F8F0BD

Lighter +20%#F2E590

Lighter +10%#EDDB62

Darker −10%#D1B918

Darker −20%#A39013

Darker −30%#76680D

Darker −40%#483F08

More saturated +25%#FFE11D

Less saturated −25%#CCBB50

Channel breakdown

R232

G208

B52

Red232 (91%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue52 (20.4%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)79.65%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D0 · B 34

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