Recognised as Colour
#EDE009
- #EDE009
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#EDE009 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 224, 9 and HSL 57°, 93%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#EDE009#EDE009
HEX#EDE009
RGBrgb(237, 224, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.8784, 0.0353
RGB percentages92.9%, 87.8%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(56.6, 92.7%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 96.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK0%, 5.5%, 96.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,589,385
CSS custom property--colour: #EDE009;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.71336WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#121FF6
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0916ED
Analogous#ED6E09, #88ED09
Triadic#09EDE0, #E009ED
Split complementary#0988ED, #6E09ED
Tetradic#09ED6E, #0916ED, #ED0988
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R237
G224
B9
Red237 (92.9%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue56.58°
Saturation (HSL)92.68%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR ED · G E0 · B 09
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