Colour

#EDCA01

#EDCA01
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EDCA01 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 202, 1 and HSL 51°, 99%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EDCA01#EDCA01

HEX#EDCA01

RGBrgb(237, 202, 1)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.7922, 0.0039

RGB percentages92.9%, 79.2%, 0.4%

HSLhsl(51.1, 99.2%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.1, 99.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 14.8%, 99.6%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,583,745

CSS custom property--colour: #EDCA01;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60248WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.05:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#1235FE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD122no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB9ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.3 Yellow · ΔE 26.7 Orange · ΔE 28.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.9 Yellow green · ΔE 38.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0124ED

Analogous#ED5401, #9AED01

Triadic#01EDCA, #CA01ED

Split complementary#019AED, #5401ED

Tetradic#01ED54, #0124ED, #ED019A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF5BB

Lighter +30%#FFED88

Lighter +20%#FEE556

Lighter +10%#FEDE23

Darker −10%#BA9F01

Darker −20%#877301

Darker −30%#554800

Darker −40%#221D00

More saturated +25%#EECB00

Less saturated −25%#CFB51F

Channel breakdown

R237

G202

Red237 (92.9%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue1 (0.4%)

Hue51.1°

Saturation (HSL)99.16%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G CA · B 01

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Colour values

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