Recognised as Colour

#EDEA10

#EDEA10
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#EDEA10 is a yellow with RGB values 237, 234, 16 and HSL 59°, 87%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#EDEA10

RGBrgb(237, 234, 16)

RGB (0–1)0.9294, 0.9176, 0.0627

RGB percentages92.9%, 91.8%, 6.3%

HSLhsl(59.2, 87.4%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.2, 93.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 93.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,591,952

CSS custom property--colour: #EDEA10;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.38:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#1215EF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE631no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 10.2 Gold · ΔE 17.2 Yellow green · ΔE 31.5 Green yellow · ΔE 34.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 38.4 Khaki · ΔE 43.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 10.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1013ED

Analogous#ED7B10, #82ED10

Triadic#10EDEA, #EA10ED

Split complementary#1082ED, #7C10ED

Tetradic#10ED7B, #1013ED, #ED1082

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFBCD

Lighter +30%#F8F79E

Lighter +20%#F5F36E

Lighter +10%#F2F03E

Darker −10%#BDBB0D

Darker −20%#8D8C0A

Darker −30%#5E5C06

Darker −40%#2E2D03

More saturated +25%#FDFA00

Less saturated −25%#CDCB30

Channel breakdown

R237

G234

B16

Red237 (92.9%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue16 (6.3%)

Hue59.19°

Saturation (HSL)87.35%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR ED · G EA · B 10

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Colour values

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