Colour

#EEC700

#EEC700
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EEC700 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 199, 0 and HSL 50°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EEC700#EEC700

HEX#EEC700

RGBrgb(238, 199, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.7804, 0

RGB percentages93.3%, 78%, 0%

HSLhsl(50.2, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 16.4%, 100%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,648,512

CSS custom property--colour: #EEC700;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.8:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#1138FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEC300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8CF20no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB5A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Orange · ΔE 26 Yellow · ΔE 28.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.5 Khaki · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.39, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0027EE

Analogous#EE5000, #9EEE00

Triadic#00EEC7, #C700EE

Split complementary#009EEE, #5000EE

Tetradic#00EE50, #0027EE, #EE009E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF4BB

Lighter +30%#FFEB88

Lighter +20%#FFE355

Lighter +10%#FFDB22

Darker −10%#BB9C00

Darker −20%#887200

Darker −30%#554700

Darker −40%#221C00

More saturated +25%#EEC700

Less saturated −25%#D0B31E

Channel breakdown

R238

G199

Red238 (93.3%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue50.17°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G C7 · B 00

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