Information about #E3CD3E color

#E3CD3E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #E3CD3E is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with High Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(227, 205, 62) — 89% red, 80.4% green, 24.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 9 / 65 / 11. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored golden yellow, #E3CD3E carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Party Mix (#E1C53A). Slightly further away sit Confetti (#DDCB46) and Sandstorm (#ECD540).

In RGB terms — rgb(227, 205, 62) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 13.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E3CD3E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#E3CD3E color variations

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

#E3CD3E 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 #E3CD3E

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

Party Mix color link
Party Mix

#E1C53A

Confetti color link
Confetti

#DDCB46

Sandstorm color link
Sandstorm

#ECD540

Wattle color link
Wattle

#D6CA3D

Teddy color link
Teddy

#EFC741

Festival color link
Festival

#EACC4A

Ipanema color link
Ipanema

#DCC64B

Starship color link
Starship

#E3DD39

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E3CD3E
  • RGB227, 205, 62
  • CMYK0, 9, 65, 11
  • CSSrgb(227, 205, 62)
  • HSL52°, 75%, 57%
  • HSL Precise52°, 74.661%, 56.667%
  • HSV52°, 73%, 89%
  • HSB52°, 73%, 89%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.890
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.243
  • GLSLvec3(0.890, 0.804, 0.243)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.890, 0.804, 0.243, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.890, 0.804, 0.243)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB89%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB24.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDE3CD3E
  • DECIMAL ID14929214
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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