Information about #EDC824 color

#EDC824 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #EDC824 is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with Full Saturation and Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(237, 200, 36) — 92.9% red, 78.4% green, 14.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 15 / 79 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A pure, full-strength golden yellow, #EDC824 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bite Me (#EBC525). Slightly further away sit Broom (#EECC24) and Warm Golden Yellow (#EEC61F).

In RGB terms — rgb(237, 200, 36) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 12.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #EDC824 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#EDC824 color variations

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#EDC824 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #EDC824

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bite Me color link
Bite Me

#EBC525

Broom color link
Broom

#EECC24

Moon Yellow color link
Moon Yellow

#F0C420

Convocade color link
Convocade

#F4C428

Golden Dream color link
Golden Dream

#F1CC2B

Turbo color link
Turbo

#F5CC23

Deep Lemon color link
Deep Lemon

#F5C71A

Bright Sun color link
Bright Sun

#ECBD2C

Saffron color link
Saffron

#F4C430

#EDC824 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EDC824
  • RGB237, 200, 36
  • CMYK0, 15, 79, 7
  • CSSrgb(237, 200, 36)
  • HSL49°, 85%, 54%
  • HSL Precise48.955°, 84.81%, 53.529%
  • HSV49°, 85%, 93%
  • HSB49°, 85%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.784
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.141
  • GLSLvec3(0.929, 0.784, 0.141)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.929, 0.784, 0.141, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.929, 0.784, 0.141)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB14.1%
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDEDC824
  • DECIMAL ID15583268
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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