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Recognised as Colour

#EEED37

  • #EEED37
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#EEED37 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 237, 55 and HSL 60°, 84%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#EEED37#EEED37
HEX#EEED37
RGBrgb(238, 237, 55)
RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.9294, 0.2157
RGB percentages93.3%, 92.9%, 21.6%
HSLhsl(59.7, 84.3%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.7, 76.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 76.9%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,658,295
CSS custom property--colour: #EEED37;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79021WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.8:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#1112C8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFE847no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDECCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 15.2Gold · ΔE 18.7Yellow green · ΔE 27.9Green yellow · ΔE 33.5Goldenrod · ΔE 36.3Khaki · ΔE 37.1
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 15.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3738EE
Analogous#EE9237, #93EE37
Triadic#37EEED, #ED37EE
Split complementary#3793EE, #9137EE
Tetradic#37EE92, #3738EE, #EE3794

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFEF3
Lighter +30%#FAFAC4
Lighter +20%#F6F595
Lighter +10%#F2F166
Darker −10%#DFDE13
Darker −20%#B0AF0F
Darker −30%#81800B
Darker −40%#525207
More saturated +25%#FFFE26
Less saturated −25%#D3D252

Channel breakdown

R238
G237
B55
Red238 (93.3%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue55 (21.6%)
Hue59.67°
Saturation (HSL)84.33%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EE · G ED · B 37

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