Recognised as Colour

#EBD116

#EBD116
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EBD116 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 209, 22 and HSL 53°, 84%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EBD116#EBD116

HEX#EBD116

RGBrgb(235, 209, 22)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8196, 0.0863

RGB percentages92.2%, 82%, 8.6%

HSLhsl(52.7, 84.2%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 90.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 11.1%, 90.6%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,454,486

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD116;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.66:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#142EE9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED42Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FEC0B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 8.3 Yellow · ΔE 23.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 24 Orange · ΔE 32.4 Yellow green · ΔE 35 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 8.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1630EB

Analogous#EB6616, #9BEB16

Triadic#16EBD1, #D116EB

Split complementary#169BEB, #6616EB

Tetradic#16EB67, #1630EB, #EB169B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF6D2

Lighter +30%#F7EDA3

Lighter +20%#F3E474

Lighter +10%#EFDA45

Darker −10%#BEA910

Darker −20%#8F7F0C

Darker −30%#605508

Darker −40%#312B04

More saturated +25%#FFE002

Less saturated −25%#CBB936

Channel breakdown

R235

G209

B22

Red235 (92.2%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue22 (8.6%)

Hue52.68°

Saturation (HSL)84.19%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D1 · B 16

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Colour values

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