Recognised as Colour

#EBDD3A

#EBDD3A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EBDD3A is a yellow with RGB values 235, 221, 58 and HSL 55°, 82%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EBDD3A#EBDD3A

HEX#EBDD3A

RGBrgb(235, 221, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.9216, 0.8667, 0.2275

RGB percentages92.2%, 86.7%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(55.3, 81.6%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.3, 75.3%, 92.2%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 75.3%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,457,594

CSS custom property--colour: #EBDD3A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69681WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.94:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1422C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D513no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DD47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FDCEBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.4 Yellow · ΔE 23.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 27.2 Yellow green · ΔE 29.2 Khaki · ΔE 31.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A48EB

Analogous#EB843A, #A0EB3A

Triadic#3AEBDD, #DD3AEB

Split complementary#3AA0EB, #843AEB

Tetradic#3AEB85, #3A48EB, #EB3AA1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFDF3

Lighter +30%#F9F5C5

Lighter +20%#F4ED97

Lighter +10%#F0E568

Darker −10%#DCCC16

Darker −20%#ADA112

Darker −30%#7F760D

Darker −40%#514B08

More saturated +25%#FFEE26

Less saturated −25%#D0C655

Channel breakdown

R235

G221

B58

Red235 (92.2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue55.25°

Saturation (HSL)81.57%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EB · G DD · B 3A

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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