Colour

#EBCD06

#EBCD06
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EBCD06 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 205, 6 and HSL 52°, 95%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EBCD06#EBCD06

HEX#EBCD06

RGBrgb(235, 205, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8039, 0.0235

RGB percentages92.2%, 80.4%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(52.1, 95%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 97.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 12.8%, 97.4%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,453,446

CSS custom property--colour: #EBCD06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.27:1

Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#1432F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD225no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBCAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.9 Yellow · ΔE 24.8 Orange · ΔE 30.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.2 Yellow green · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.15, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0624EB

Analogous#EB5A06, #96EB06

Triadic#06EBCD, #CD06EB

Split complementary#0696EB, #5B06EB

Tetradic#06EB5A, #0624EB, #EB0696

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF5C0

Lighter +30%#FCEE8E

Lighter +20%#FBE65C

Lighter +10%#FADE2A

Darker −10%#B9A205

Darker −20%#887603

Darker −30%#564B02

Darker −40%#241F01

More saturated +25%#F1D100

Less saturated −25%#CDB724

Channel breakdown

R235

G205

Red235 (92.2%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue52.14°

Saturation (HSL)95.02%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G CD · B 06

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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