Colour

#EDC800

#EDC800
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EDC800 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 200, 0 and HSL 51°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EDC800#EDC800

HEX#EDC800

RGBrgb(237, 200, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.7843, 0

RGB percentages92.9%, 78.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(50.6, 100%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 100%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 15.6%, 100%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,583,232

CSS custom property--colour: #EDC800;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59313WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.86:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#1237FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DFC400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8CF20no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB7AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.3 Orange · ΔE 27 Yellow · ΔE 27.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32 Khaki · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.17, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0025ED

Analogous#ED5100, #9CED00

Triadic#00EDC8, #C800ED

Split complementary#009CED, #5100ED

Tetradic#00ED51, #0025ED, #ED009C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF4BA

Lighter +30%#FFEC87

Lighter +20%#FFE454

Lighter +10%#FFDC21

Darker −10%#BA9D00

Darker −20%#877200

Darker −30%#544700

Darker −40%#211C00

More saturated +25%#EDC800

Less saturated −25%#CFB41E

Channel breakdown

R237

G200

Red237 (92.9%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue50.63°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G C8 · B 00

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