Colour

#EED250

#EED250
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#EED250 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 210, 80 and HSL 49°, 82%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

#EED250#EED250

HEX#EED250

RGBrgb(238, 210, 80)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8235, 0.3137

RGB percentages93.3%, 82.4%, 31.4%

HSLhsl(49.4, 82.3%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 66.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 11.8%, 66.4%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,651,408

CSS custom property--colour: #EED250;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.97:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#112DAF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CD3Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD757no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC3B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 19.1 Khaki · ΔE 21.8 Gold · ΔE 21.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 29.1 Orange · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 19.07, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#506CEE

Analogous#EE8350, #BBEE50

Triadic#50EED2, #D250EE

Split complementary#50BBEE, #8350EE

Tetradic#50EE83, #506CEE, #EE50BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF6DB

Lighter +20%#F7EAAD

Lighter +10%#F3DE7E

Darker −10%#E9C622

Darker −20%#C5A513

Darker −30%#967E0F

Darker −40%#68570A

More saturated +25%#FFDD3F

Less saturated −25%#D6C368

Channel breakdown

R238

G210

B80

Red238 (93.3%)

Green210 (82.4%)

Blue80 (31.4%)

Hue49.37°

Saturation (HSL)82.29%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D2 · B 50

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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