Colour

#EDCC04

#EDCC04
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EDCC04 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 204, 4 and HSL 52°, 97%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EDCC04#EDCC04

HEX#EDCC04

RGBrgb(237, 204, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8, 0.0157

RGB percentages92.9%, 80%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(51.5, 96.7%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 98.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 13.9%, 98.3%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,584,260

CSS custom property--colour: #EDCC04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.24:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#1233FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBD223no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBBAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Yellow · ΔE 25.7 Orange · ΔE 29.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.7 Yellow green · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.51, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0425ED

Analogous#ED5704, #9AED04

Triadic#04EDCC, #CC04ED

Split complementary#049AED, #5704ED

Tetradic#04ED57, #0425ED, #ED049A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF5BF

Lighter +30%#FDED8D

Lighter +20%#FCE55B

Lighter +10%#FBDE29

Darker −10%#BBA103

Darker −20%#897602

Darker −30%#574A01

Darker −40%#241F01

More saturated +25%#F1CF00

Less saturated −25%#CFB622

Channel breakdown

R237

G204

Red237 (92.9%)

Green204 (80%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue51.5°

Saturation (HSL)96.68%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G CC · B 04

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Colour values

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