#E0C708

sRGB · 224 / 199 / 8

#E0C708 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 224 red, 199 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 53.1° lands in the yellow region. Its 93.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 45.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.34:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 224, 199, 8
HSL: 53.06°, 93.10%, 45.49%
HSV / HSB: 53.06°, 96.43%, 87.84%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.16%, 96.43%, 12.16%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.206, 56.713, 8.479
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.018, -7.021, 80.146
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56712
24-bit decimal: 14731016

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #E0C708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 12.34:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.70:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#0821E0 sits half a turn (180°) from #E0C708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#E0C708 #0821E0

Analogous

#E05B08 and #8DE008 sit 30° to either side of #E0C708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#E05B08 #E0C708 #8DE008

Triadic

#E0C708, #08E0C7 and #C708E0 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E0C708 #08E0C7 #C708E0

Split complementary

Start at #E0C708 and look across the wheel. #088DE0 and #5B08E0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E0C708 #088DE0 #5B08E0

Square

Starting with #E0C708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #08E05B, #0821E0, then #E0088D. Across the square, #E0C708 pairs with #0821E0, and #08E05B with #E0088D.

#E0C708 #08E05B #0821E0 #E0088D

Tetradic

#E0C708 and #0821E0 are opposites, as are #21E008 and #C708E0. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E0C708 #21E008 #0821E0 #C708E0

Tints

Mixing #E0C708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D239, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F4CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#E0C708 #E6D239 #ECDD6B #F3E99C #F9F4CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E0C708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B39F06, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2802, the mixture is 80% black.

#E0C708 #B39F06 #867705 #5A5003 #2D2802 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E0C708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CDB920, keeps 80% of the original. By #938E68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E0C708 #CDB920 #BAAB38 #A69C50 #938E68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#E0C708

RGB

rgb(224 199 8)

HSL

hsl(53.056 93.103% 45.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E0C708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E0C708 uses 224 red, 199 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.8%

Green 78.0%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E0C708 is 0.0% cyan, 11.2% magenta, 96.4% yellow and 12.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.2%

Yellow 96.4%

Black 12.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCC00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DC0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E0C708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC00, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #DDCC00 Nearest web-safe · #CCCC00

Gradient to complement

#E0C708 #BCAB2C #989050 #747474 #505898 #2C3DBC #0821E0

Color vision previews

Compare how #E0C708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#DCC100

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E3CA24

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F2B7A9

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DEC400

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E1C91A

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E4C36C

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C6C6C6

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D4C791

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.74540 G 0.57112 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.86209 G 0.78391 B 0.26313

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.71446 G 0.57691 B 0.05629

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.440 y 0.487 Y 56.713

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.157 M % 21.961 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11100000 11000111 00001000