Information about #EDC954 color

#EDC954 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#EDC954 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(237, 201, 84) — 92.9% red, 78.8% green, 32.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 14 / 60 / 7. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#EDC954 is a strongly colored golden yellow that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. It is a natural fit for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Starbell (#EBC155). Slightly further away sit Cream Can (#EEC051) and Brilliant Amber (#E7C251).

In RGB terms — rgb(237, 201, 84) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 13.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #EDC954 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#EDC954 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#EDC954 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 #EDC954

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

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Cream Can color link
Cream Can

#EEC051

Maize color link
Maize

#F4D054

Festival color link
Festival

#EACC4A

Portica color link
Portica

#F0D555

Kournikova color link
Kournikova

#F9D054

Charger color link
Charger

#F9C24E

Bardot color link
Bardot

#F3C762

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EDC954
  • RGB237, 201, 84
  • CMYK0, 14, 60, 7
  • CSSrgb(237, 201, 84)
  • HSL46°, 81%, 63%
  • HSL Precise45.882°, 80.952%, 62.941%
  • HSV46°, 65%, 93%
  • HSB46°, 65%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.329
  • GLSLvec3(0.929, 0.788, 0.329)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.929, 0.788, 0.329, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.929, 0.788, 0.329)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB32.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDEDC954
  • DECIMAL ID15583572
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01