Recognised as Colour

#EED74A

#EED74A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EED74A is a yellow with RGB values 238, 215, 74 and HSL 52°, 83%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EED74A#EED74A

HEX#EED74A

RGBrgb(238, 215, 74)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8431, 0.2902

RGB percentages93.3%, 84.3%, 29%

HSLhsl(51.6, 82.8%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 68.9%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 68.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,652,682

CSS custom property--colour: #EED74A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.45:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#1128B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD135no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DA52no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.7 Khaki · ΔE 24.7 Yellow · ΔE 31.3 Yellow green · ΔE 32.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.83, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4A61EE

Analogous#EE854A, #B3EE4A

Triadic#4AEED7, #D74AEE

Split complementary#4AB3EE, #854AEE

Tetradic#4AEE85, #4A61EE, #EE4AB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF6D6

Lighter +20%#F7ECA7

Lighter +10%#F2E179

Darker −10%#EACD1B

Darker −20%#C0A812

Darker −30%#917F0E

Darker −40%#635609

More saturated +25%#FFE339

Less saturated −25%#D5C563

Channel breakdown

R238

G215

B74

Red238 (93.3%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue74 (29%)

Hue51.59°

Saturation (HSL)82.83%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G D7 · B 4A

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Colour harmonies

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