Recognised as Colour

#EED54E

#EED54E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Goldenrod

#EED54E is a yellow with RGB values 238, 213, 78 and HSL 51°, 82%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#EED54E

RGBrgb(238, 213, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8353, 0.3059

RGB percentages93.3%, 83.5%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(50.6, 82.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 67.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.5%, 67.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,174

CSS custom property--colour: #EED54E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.26:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#112AB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D03Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0D956no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Goldenrod · ΔE 20.5 Gold · ΔE 20.5 Khaki · ΔE 22.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 30.3 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.8 Yellow green · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourGoldenrod (#DAA520)ΔE 20.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E67EE

Analogous#EE854E, #B7EE4E

Triadic#4EEED5, #D54EEE

Split complementary#4EB7EE, #854EEE

Tetradic#4EEE85, #4E67EE, #EE4EB7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF6DA

Lighter +20%#F7EBAB

Lighter +10%#F2E07D

Darker −10%#EACA1F

Darker −20%#C3A813

Darker −30%#95800E

Darker −40%#66580A

More saturated +25%#FFE13D

Less saturated −25%#D6C466

Channel breakdown

R238

G213

B78

Red238 (93.3%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue50.63°

Saturation (HSL)82.47%

Lightness61.96%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D5 · B 4E

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