Information about #E1CE60 color

#E1CE60 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E1CE60 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(225, 206, 96) — 88.2% red, 80.8% green, 37.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 51 / 12. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #E1CE60 reads as a energetic, saturated yellow and appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Soft Gold (#E0CD67). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pastel Deep Gold (#E5C768) and Creme De Banane (#E0C161).

In RGB terms — rgb(225, 206, 96) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #E1CE60: 13.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E1CE60 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#E1CE60 color variations

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

#E1CE60 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E1CE60

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

Golden Sand color link
Golden Sand

#EACE6A

Lanzones color link
Lanzones

#E0BC5B

Straw color link
Straw

#E4D96F

Bardot color link
Bardot

#F3C762

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Dull Yellow color link
Dull Yellow

#EEDC5B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E1CE60
  • RGB225, 206, 96
  • CMYK0, 7, 51, 12
  • CSSrgb(225, 206, 96)
  • HSL51°, 68%, 63%
  • HSL Precise51.163°, 68.254%, 62.941%
  • HSV51°, 57%, 88%
  • HSB51°, 57%, 88%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.882
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.376
  • GLSLvec3(0.882, 0.808, 0.376)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.882, 0.808, 0.376, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.882, 0.808, 0.376)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB88.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB37.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE1CE60
  • DECIMAL ID14798432
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01