Recognised as Colour

#EAD738

#EAD738
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EAD738 is a yellow with RGB values 234, 215, 56 and HSL 54°, 81%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EAD738#EAD738

HEX#EAD738

RGBrgb(234, 215, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.9176, 0.8431, 0.2196

RGB percentages91.8%, 84.3%, 22%

HSLhsl(53.6, 80.9%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 76.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 76.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,390,520

CSS custom property--colour: #EAD738;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.28:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1528C7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD011no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1D844no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FCC7B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.1 Yellow · ΔE 25.8 Khaki · ΔE 30.3 Yellow green · ΔE 30.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.66, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#384BEA

Analogous#EA7E38, #A4EA38

Triadic#38EAD7, #D738EA

Split complementary#38A4EA, #7E38EA

Tetradic#38EA7E, #384BEA, #EA38A4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFCF1

Lighter +30%#F9F3C2

Lighter +20%#F4EA94

Lighter +10%#EFE066

Darker −10%#D8C417

Darker −20%#AA9A12

Darker −30%#7C700D

Darker −40%#4E4608

More saturated +25%#FFE823

Less saturated −25%#CFC154

Channel breakdown

R234

G215

B56

Red234 (91.8%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue53.6°

Saturation (HSL)80.91%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EA · G D7 · B 38

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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