Colour

#EBD235

#EBD235
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EBD235 is a yellow with RGB values 235, 210, 53 and HSL 52°, 82%, 56%. 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

#EBD235#EBD235

HEX#EBD235

RGBrgb(235, 210, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8235, 0.2078

RGB percentages92.2%, 82.4%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(51.8, 82%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 77.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 77.4%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,454,773

CSS custom property--colour: #EBD235;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64012WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.8:1

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

Contrast with black13.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#142DCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7CC0Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED541no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FEC2B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.5 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 text13.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Yellow · ΔE 27.9 Khaki · ΔE 30.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.2 Orange · ΔE 32.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.71, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#354EEB

Analogous#EB7735, #A9EB35

Triadic#35EBD2, #D235EB

Split complementary#35A9EB, #7735EB

Tetradic#35EB77, #354EEB, #EB35A9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFBEF

Lighter +30%#F9F1C0

Lighter +20%#F4E792

Lighter +10%#F0DC63

Darker −10%#D8BD15

Darker −20%#A99411

Darker −30%#7B6C0C

Darker −40%#4C4308

More saturated +25%#FFE121

Less saturated −25%#CFBE51

Channel breakdown

R235

G210

B53

Red235 (92.2%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue51.76°

Saturation (HSL)81.98%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G D2 · B 35

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