Recognised as Colour

#EAD325

#EAD325
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EAD325 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 211, 37 and HSL 53°, 82%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EAD325#EAD325

HEX#EAD325

RGBrgb(234, 211, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8275, 0.1451

RGB percentages91.8%, 82.7%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(53, 82.4%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 84.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 9.8%, 84.2%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,389,477

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD325;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.84:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#152CDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED635no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FDC3B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Yellow · ΔE 24.1 Yellow green · ΔE 33 Orange · ΔE 33.5 Khaki · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#253CEA

Analogous#EA7025, #9FEA25

Triadic#25EAD3, #D325EA

Split complementary#259FEA, #7025EA

Tetradic#25EA70, #253CEA, #EA259F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCF9DF

Lighter +30%#F7EFB1

Lighter +20%#F3E682

Lighter +10%#EEDC54

Darker −10%#C9B313

Darker −20%#9A8A0F

Darker −30%#6C600A

Darker −40%#3D3706

More saturated +25%#FFE310

Less saturated −25%#CCBC43

Channel breakdown

R234

G211

B37

Red234 (91.8%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue52.99°

Saturation (HSL)82.43%

Lightness53.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D3 · B 25

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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