Recognised as Colour

#E8DB2B

#E8DB2B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E8DB2B is a yellow with RGB values 232, 219, 43 and HSL 56°, 80%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E8DB2B#E8DB2B

HEX#E8DB2B

RGBrgb(232, 219, 43)

RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8588, 0.1686

RGB percentages91%, 85.9%, 16.9%

HSLhsl(55.9, 80.4%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 81.5%, 91%)

CMYK0%, 5.6%, 81.5%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,260,459

CSS custom property--colour: #E8DB2B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.6:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#1724D4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFD300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DA3Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Tritanopia#FACBBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.7 Yellow · ΔE 20.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.4 Yellow green · ΔE 29.5 Khaki · ΔE 34.7 Orange · ΔE 38.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2B38E8

Analogous#E87D2B, #96E82B

Triadic#2BE8DB, #DB2BE8

Split complementary#2B96E8, #7D2BE8

Tetradic#2BE87D, #2B38E8, #E82B96

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFAE3

Lighter +30%#F7F2B5

Lighter +20%#F2EB87

Lighter +10%#EDE359

Darker −10%#CABE16

Darker −20%#9C9211

Darker −30%#6E670C

Darker −40%#403C07

More saturated +25%#FFEF14

Less saturated −25%#CBC248

Channel breakdown

R232

G219

B43

Red232 (91%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue43 (16.9%)

Hue55.87°

Saturation (HSL)80.43%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E8 · G DB · B 2B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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