Recognised as Colour

#E8D348

#E8D348
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E8D348 is a yellow with RGB values 232, 211, 72 and HSL 52°, 78%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E8D348#E8D348

HEX#E8D348

RGBrgb(232, 211, 72)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8275, 0.2824

RGB percentages91%, 82.7%, 28.2%

HSLhsl(52.1, 77.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 69%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 9.1%, 69%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,258,440

CSS custom property--colour: #E8D348;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.84:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#172CB7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CD33no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD550no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F9C4B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 59.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 20.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.1 Khaki · ΔE 24 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31 Yellow green · ΔE 31.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 20.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#485DE8

Analogous#E88348, #ADE848

Triadic#48E8D3, #D348E8

Split complementary#48ADE8, #8348E8

Tetradic#48E883, #485DE8, #E848AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFD

Lighter +30%#F9F4D0

Lighter +20%#F3E9A3

Lighter +10%#EEDE75

Darker −10%#E1C71C

Darker −20%#B39F17

Darker −30%#867711

Darker −40%#594F0B

More saturated +25%#FFE431

Less saturated −25%#CEC062

Channel breakdown

R232

G211

B72

Red232 (91%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue72 (28.2%)

Hue52.12°

Saturation (HSL)77.67%

Lightness59.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G D3 · B 48

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