Recognised as Colour

#EDD32D

#EDD32D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EDD32D is a yellow with RGB values 237, 211, 45 and HSL 52°, 84%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EDD32D#EDD32D

HEX#EDD32D

RGBrgb(237, 211, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8275, 0.1765

RGB percentages92.9%, 82.7%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(51.9, 84.2%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 81%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 11%, 81%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,586,093

CSS custom property--colour: #EDD32D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD

Inverted#122CD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFD73Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC3B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.3 Yellow · ΔE 25.9 Orange · ΔE 32.2 Khaki · ΔE 33.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.16, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D47ED

Analogous#ED732D, #A7ED2D

Triadic#2DEDD3, #D32DED

Split complementary#2DA7ED, #732DED

Tetradic#2DED73, #2D47ED, #ED2DA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFAE9

Lighter +30%#F9F1BA

Lighter +20%#F5E78B

Lighter +10%#F1DD5C

Darker −10%#D5BA12

Darker −20%#A6910E

Darker −30%#77680A

Darker −40%#483F06

More saturated +25%#FFE01B

Less saturated −25%#D1BE4A

Channel breakdown

R237

G211

B45

Red237 (92.9%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue51.87°

Saturation (HSL)84.21%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G D3 · B 2D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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