Recognised as Colour

#EEDE03

#EEDE03
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EEDE03 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 222, 3 and HSL 56°, 98%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EEDE03#EEDE03

HEX#EEDE03

RGBrgb(238, 222, 3)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8706, 0.0118

RGB percentages93.3%, 87.1%, 1.2%

HSLhsl(55.9, 97.5%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.9, 98.7%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 6.7%, 98.7%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,654,403

CSS custom property--colour: #EEDE03;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.09:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#1121FC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DE29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCDBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.7 Yellow · ΔE 15.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 32 Yellow green · ΔE 33.9 Orange · ΔE 39.3 Green yellow · ΔE 40.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0313EE

Analogous#EE6803, #88EE03

Triadic#03EEDE, #DE03EE

Split complementary#0388EE, #6903EE

Tetradic#03EE68, #0313EE, #EE0388

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFABF

Lighter +30%#FEF68C

Lighter +20%#FDF25A

Lighter +10%#FCEE28

Darker −10%#BCAF02

Darker −20%#898002

Darker −30%#575101

Darker −40%#252200

More saturated +25%#F1E100

Less saturated −25%#D0C421

Channel breakdown

R238

G222

Red238 (93.3%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue3 (1.2%)

Hue55.91°

Saturation (HSL)97.51%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G DE · B 03

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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