Recognised as Colour

#EED63B

#EED63B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EED63B is a yellow with RGB values 238, 214, 59 and HSL 52°, 84%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EED63B#EED63B

HEX#EED63B

RGBrgb(238, 214, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8392, 0.2314

RGB percentages93.3%, 83.9%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(52, 84%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 75.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 10.1%, 75.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,411

CSS custom property--colour: #EED63B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.32:1

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

Contrast with black14.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1129C4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD01Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1D946no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC6B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.2 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 text14.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 14.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.2 Yellow · ΔE 27.4 Khaki · ΔE 29.6 Yellow green · ΔE 32.6 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 14.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3B53EE

Analogous#EE7C3B, #ADEE3B

Triadic#3BEED6, #D63BEE

Split complementary#3BADEE, #7C3BEE

Tetradic#3BEE7C, #3B53EE, #EE3BAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFDF7

Lighter +30%#FAF3C8

Lighter +20%#F6EA99

Lighter +10%#F2E06A

Darker −10%#E2C714

Darker −20%#B39D10

Darker −30%#85740B

Darker −40%#564B07

More saturated +25%#FFE22A

Less saturated −25%#D3C356

Channel breakdown

R238

G214

B59

Red238 (93.3%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue51.96°

Saturation (HSL)84.04%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D6 · B 3B

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Colour harmonies

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