Colour

#EACA11

#EACA11
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EACA11 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 202, 17 and HSL 51°, 86%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EACA11#EACA11

HEX#EACA11

RGBrgb(234, 202, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.7922, 0.0667

RGB percentages91.8%, 79.2%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(51.2, 86.5%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 92.7%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 13.7%, 92.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,387,153

CSS custom property--colour: #EACA11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.95:1

Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#1535EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8D028no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#FEB9ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.6 Yellow · ΔE 27 Orange · ΔE 28.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.1 Yellow green · ΔE 37.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#1131EA

Analogous#EA5E11, #9DEA11

Triadic#11EACA, #CA11EA

Split complementary#119DEA, #5E11EA

Tetradic#11EA5E, #1131EA, #EA119D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FBF4CC

Lighter +30%#F8EA9C

Lighter +20%#F4E06D

Lighter +10%#F1D63D

Darker −10%#BAA10E

Darker −20%#8B780A

Darker −30%#5B4F07

Darker −40%#2C2603

More saturated +25%#FBD600

Less saturated −25%#CBB430

Channel breakdown

R234

G202

B17

Red234 (91.8%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue51.15°

Saturation (HSL)86.45%

Lightness49.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G CA · B 11

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Colour values

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