Information about #E7C12A color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #E7C12A reads as a energetic, saturated golden yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bright Sun (#ECBD2C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bite Me (#EBC525) and Durian Yellow (#E1BD27).
The recipe behind #E7C12A is rgb(231, 193, 42), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #E7C12A: 12.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.7:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E7C12A is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#E7C12A color variations
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#E7C12A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#E7C12A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#E7C12A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#E7C12A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#E7C12A 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #E7C12A color
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Nearest named colors to #E7C12A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#ECBD2C
#EBC525
#E1BD27
#F4C428
#F0C420
#EEC61F
#EECC24
#F4C430
#F1CC2B
#F3BE33
#E1C53A
#E3B130
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#E7C12A
- RGB231, 193, 42
- CMYK0, 15, 74, 9
- CSSrgb(231, 193, 42)
- HSL48°, 80%, 54%
- HSL Precise47.937°, 79.747%, 53.529%
- HSV48°, 82%, 91%
- HSB48°, 82%, 91%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.906
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.757
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.165
- GLSLvec3(0.906, 0.757, 0.165)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.906, 0.757, 0.165, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.906, 0.757, 0.165)
- Percentage of Red in RGB90.6%
- Percentage of Green in RGB75.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB16.5%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDE7C12A
- DECIMAL ID15188266
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers8 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
