Colour

#EED000

#EED000
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EED000 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 208, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EED000#EED000

HEX#EED000

RGBrgb(238, 208, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8157, 0

RGB percentages93.3%, 81.6%, 0%

HSLhsl(52.4, 100%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 100%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 12.6%, 100%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,650,816

CSS custom property--colour: #EED000;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63289WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.66:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#112FFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EED523no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBFB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 5.9 Yellow · ΔE 23.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.4 Orange · ΔE 31.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.9 Yellow green · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#001EEE

Analogous#EE5900, #95EE00

Triadic#00EED0, #D000EE

Split complementary#0095EE, #5900EE

Tetradic#00EE59, #001EEE, #EE0095

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFF6BB

Lighter +30%#FFF088

Lighter +20%#FFEA55

Lighter +10%#FFE322

Darker −10%#BBA300

Darker −20%#887700

Darker −30%#554A00

Darker −40%#221E00

More saturated +25%#EED000

Less saturated −25%#D0BA1E

Channel breakdown

R238

G208

Red238 (93.3%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52.44°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness46.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D0 · B 00

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Colour values

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