What color is #E0C84B?

#E0C84B is a moderate yellow known as Golden Kingdom. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Golden Kingdom?

The RGB value is 224, 200, 75: 224 red, 200 green and 75 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Golden Kingdom?

The complementary color is #4B63E0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E0C84B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 12.53:1 and white text 1.68:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Golden Kingdom color: hex code #E0C84B

#E0C84B rgb(224, 200, 75)

Shades of yellow

Golden Kingdom has the hex code #E0C84B. It is a moderate yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 87.8% red, 78.4% green and 29.4% blue (224, 200, 75).

Its hue angle is 50°, with 71% saturation and 59% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 67% yellow and 12% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 12.53:1).

Golden Kingdom (#E0C84B) color codes

HEX	`#E0C84B`
RGB	`rgb(224, 200, 75)`
RGB percent	`rgb(87.8%, 78.4%, 29.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(50, 71%, 59%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(50, 67%, 88%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 11%, 67%, 12%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(80.55, -5.5, 63.15)`
CIE LCH	`lch(80.55, 63.39, 94.97)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(52.667, 57.666, 15.012)`
Decimal	`14731339`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Golden Kingdom, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E0C84B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	12.53:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.68:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E0C84B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.68:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	12.53:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E0C84B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e0c84b; }
.text { color: #e0c84b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e0c84b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(224 200 75 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e0c84b, #aee04b); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Mustard.

See #E0C84B on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E0C84B?: #E0C84B is a moderate yellow known as Golden Kingdom. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Golden Kingdom?: The RGB value is 224, 200, 75: 224 red, 200 green and 75 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Golden Kingdom?: The complementary color is #4B63E0, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E0C84B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 12.53:1 and white text 1.68:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.