Colour

#EECE00

#EECE00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EECE00 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 206, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EECE00#EECE00

HEX#EECE00

RGBrgb(238, 206, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8078, 0

RGB percentages93.3%, 80.8%, 0%

HSLhsl(51.9, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.9, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 13.4%, 100%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,650,304

CSS custom property--colour: #EECE00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.46:1

Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6

Inverted#1131FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD322no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBDAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.4 Yellow · ΔE 24.5 Orange · ΔE 30.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 34.9 Yellow green · ΔE 38.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.83, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0020EE

Analogous#EE5700, #97EE00

Triadic#00EECE, #CE00EE

Split complementary#0097EE, #5700EE

Tetradic#00EE57, #0020EE, #EE0097

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6BB

Lighter +30%#FFEF88

Lighter +20%#FFE855

Lighter +10%#FFE122

Darker −10%#BBA200

Darker −20%#887600

Darker −30%#554A00

Darker −40%#221D00

More saturated +25%#EECE00

Less saturated −25%#D0B81E

Channel breakdown

R238

G206

Red238 (93.3%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue51.93°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G CE · B 00

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Colour values

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