Information about #E1CD5B color

#E1CD5B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E1CD5B falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(225, 205, 91) — 88.2% red, 80.4% green, 35.7% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 8 / 53 / 12. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#E1CD5B presents itself as a strongly colored golden yellow — one that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Soft Gold (#E0CD67). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Creme De Banane (#E0C161) and Brilliant Gold (#E7D551).

The recipe behind #E1CD5B is rgb(225, 205, 91), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #E1CD5B: 13.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. #E1CD5B has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#E1CD5B color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E1CD5B color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#E1CD5B color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#E1CD5B color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#E1CD5B color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#E1CD5B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#E18A5B
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#CD5BE1
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#6FE15B
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#CD5BE1
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#E15BB2
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Nearest named colors to #E1CD5B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Soft Gold color link
Soft Gold

#E0CD67

Creme De Banane color link
Creme De Banane

#E0C161

Brilliant Gold color link
Brilliant Gold

#E7D551

Pastel Deep Gold color link
Pastel Deep Gold

#E5C768

Brilliant Amber color link
Brilliant Amber

#E7C251

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Lanzones color link
Lanzones

#E0BC5B

Golden Fleece color link
Golden Fleece

#E1BC5F

Golden Sand color link
Golden Sand

#EACE6A

Portica color link
Portica

#F0D555

Ipanema color link
Ipanema

#DCC64B

Festival color link
Festival

#EACC4A

#E1CD5B color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E1CD5B
  • RGB225, 205, 91
  • CMYK0, 8, 53, 12
  • CSSrgb(225, 205, 91)
  • HSL51°, 69%, 62%
  • HSL Precise51.045°, 69.072%, 61.961%
  • HSV51°, 60%, 88%
  • HSB51°, 60%, 88%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.357
  • GLSLvec3(0.882, 0.804, 0.357)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.882, 0.804, 0.357, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.882, 0.804, 0.357)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB88.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB35.7%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE1CD5B
  • DECIMAL ID14798171
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers24 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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