Recognised as Colour

#E9C54F

#E9C54F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#E9C54F is a yellow with RGB values 233, 197, 79 and HSL 46°, 78%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#E9C54F#E9C54F

HEX#E9C54F

RGBrgb(233, 197, 79)

RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.7725, 0.3098

RGB percentages91.4%, 77.3%, 31%

HSLhsl(46, 77.8%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46, 66.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK0%, 15.5%, 66.1%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,320,399

CSS custom property--colour: #E9C54F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.56:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#163AB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9C241no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#E2CD55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FBB6ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 14.7 Khaki · ΔE 21.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 23.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.3 Gold · ΔE 26.1 Sandy brown · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 14.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4F73E9

Analogous#E9784F, #C0E94F

Triadic#4FE9C5, #C54FE9

Split complementary#4FC0E9, #784FE9

Tetradic#4FE978, #4F73E9, #E94FC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAF2D7

Lighter +20%#F4E3AA

Lighter +10%#EFD47C

Darker −10%#E3B622

Darker −20%#BB9417

Darker −30%#8D7012

Darker −40%#604C0C

More saturated +25%#FFD139

Less saturated −25%#D0B868

Channel breakdown

R233

G197

B79

Red233 (91.4%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue79 (31%)

Hue45.97°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E9 · G C5 · B 4F

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