Recognised as Colour

#EDCD00

#EDCD00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EDCD00 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 205, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EDCD00#EDCD00

HEX#EDCD00

RGBrgb(237, 205, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8039, 0

RGB percentages92.9%, 80.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.9, 100%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 100%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 13.5%, 100%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,584,512

CSS custom property--colour: #EDCD00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.33:1

Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#1232FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3C800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#ECD222no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBCAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 23 Yellow · ΔE 24.9 Orange · ΔE 29.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.5 Yellow green · ΔE 37.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0020ED

Analogous#ED5700, #96ED00

Triadic#00EDCD, #CD00ED

Split complementary#0097ED, #5600ED

Tetradic#00ED57, #0020ED, #ED0097

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6BA

Lighter +30%#FFEF87

Lighter +20%#FFE854

Lighter +10%#FFE121

Darker −10%#BAA100

Darker −20%#877500

Darker −30%#544900

Darker −40%#211D00

More saturated +25%#EDCD00

Less saturated −25%#CFB71E

Channel breakdown

R237

G205

Red237 (92.9%)

Green205 (80.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.9°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G CD · B 00

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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