Recognised as Colour

#EED435

#EED435
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EED435 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 212, 53 and HSL 52°, 84%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EED435#EED435

HEX#EED435

RGBrgb(238, 212, 53)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8314, 0.2078

RGB percentages93.3%, 83.1%, 20.8%

HSLhsl(51.6, 84.5%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 77.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.9%, 77.7%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,651,893

CSS custom property--colour: #EED435;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.1:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#112BCA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9CE08no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0D841no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC4B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Yellow · ΔE 27.1 Khaki · ΔE 31.1 Orange · ΔE 32.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#354FEE

Analogous#EE7735, #ACEE35

Triadic#35EED4, #D435EE

Split complementary#35ACEE, #7735EE

Tetradic#35EE77, #354FEE, #EE35AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCF1

Lighter +30%#FAF2C2

Lighter +20%#F6E893

Lighter +10%#F2DE64

Darker −10%#DDC113

Darker −20%#AE980F

Darker −30%#7F6F0B

Darker −40%#504607

More saturated +25%#FFE024

Less saturated −25%#D3C050

Channel breakdown

R238

G212

B53

Red238 (93.3%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue53 (20.8%)

Hue51.57°

Saturation (HSL)84.47%

Lightness57.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D4 · B 35

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