Recognised as Colour

#EEE31C

#EEE31C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EEE31C is a yellow with RGB values 238, 227, 28 and HSL 57°, 86%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EEE31C#EEE31C

HEX#EEE31C

RGBrgb(238, 227, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8902, 0.1098

RGB percentages93.3%, 89%, 11%

HSLhsl(56.9, 86.1%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.9, 88.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 4.6%, 88.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,655,708

CSS custom property--colour: #EEE31C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.64:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#111CE3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8DA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE134no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.2 Yellow · ΔE 14.7 Yellow green · ΔE 31.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.3 Green yellow · ΔE 37.9 Khaki · ΔE 40.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C27EE

Analogous#EE7A1C, #90EE1C

Triadic#1CEEE3, #E31CEE

Split complementary#1C90EE, #7A1CEE

Tetradic#1CEE7A, #1C27EE, #EE1C90

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFADA

Lighter +30%#F9F5AA

Lighter +20%#F5EF7B

Lighter +10%#F2E94B

Darker −10%#C8BE0F

Darker −20%#99910B

Darker −30%#696408

Darker −40%#3A3704

More saturated +25%#FFF20B

Less saturated −25%#D0C83B

Channel breakdown

R238

G227

B28

Red238 (93.3%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue56.86°

Saturation (HSL)86.07%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G E3 · B 1C

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