Recognised as Colour

#EBD016

#EBD016
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EBD016 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 208, 22 and HSL 52°, 84%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EBD016#EBD016

HEX#EBD016

RGBrgb(235, 208, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8157, 0.0863

RGB percentages92.2%, 81.6%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(52.4, 84.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 90.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.5%, 90.6%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,454,230

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD016;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.57:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#142FE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD42Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FEBFB2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.4 Yellow · ΔE 24.1 Orange · ΔE 31.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.7 Yellow green · ΔE 35.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1631EB

Analogous#EB6616, #9BEB16

Triadic#16EBD0, #D016EB

Split complementary#169BEB, #6516EB

Tetradic#16EB66, #1631EB, #EB169C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF6D2

Lighter +30%#F7ECA3

Lighter +20%#F3E374

Lighter +10%#EFD945

Darker −10%#BEA810

Darker −20%#8F7E0C

Darker −30%#605508

Darker −40%#312B04

More saturated +25%#FFDF02

Less saturated −25%#CBB836

Channel breakdown

R235

G208

B22

Red235 (92.2%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue52.39°

Saturation (HSL)84.19%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D0 · B 16

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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