Recognised as Colour
#EAC70B
- #EAC70B
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#EAC70B is a yellow with RGB values 234, 199, 11 and HSL 51°, 91%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#EAC70B#EAC70B
HEX#EAC70B
RGBrgb(234, 199, 11)
RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.7804, 0.0431
RGB percentages91.8%, 78%, 4.3%
HSLhsl(50.6, 91%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 95.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK0%, 15%, 95.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,386,379
CSS custom property--colour: #EAC70B;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.58363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.67:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#1538F4
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0B2EEA
Analogous#EA580B, #9DEA0B
Triadic#0BEAC7, #C70BEA
Split complementary#0B9DEA, #580BEA
Tetradic#0BEA58, #0B2EEA, #EA0B9D
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R234
G199
B11
Red234 (91.8%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue11 (4.3%)
Hue50.58°
Saturation (HSL)91.02%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EA · G C7 · B 0B
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