Information about #EDD41D color

#EDD41D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#EDD41D falls into the Yellow Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(237, 212, 29) — 92.9% red, 83.1% green, 11.4% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 10 / 82 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #EDD41D reads as a maximally vivid golden yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Ripe Lemon (#F4D81C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bright Lights (#E9D725) and Broom (#EECC24).

In RGB terms — rgb(237, 212, 29) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #EDD41D: 14.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #EDD41D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#EDD41D color variations

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

#EDD41D 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 #EDD41D

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

Ripe Lemon color link
Ripe Lemon

#F4D81C

Broom color link
Broom

#EECC24

Turbo color link
Turbo

#F5CC23

Jonquil color link
Jonquil

#F4CA16

Deep Lemon color link
Deep Lemon

#F5C71A

Serenvoreus color link
Serenvoreus

#FAD925

Golden Corn color link
Golden Corn

#F6C915

Moon Yellow color link
Moon Yellow

#F0C420

Golden Dream color link
Golden Dream

#F1CC2B

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EDD41D
  • RGB237, 212, 29
  • CMYK0, 10, 82, 7
  • CSSrgb(237, 212, 29)
  • HSL53°, 85%, 52%
  • HSL Precise52.788°, 85.246%, 52.157%
  • HSV53°, 88%, 93%
  • HSB53°, 88%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.831
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.114
  • GLSLvec3(0.929, 0.831, 0.114)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.929, 0.831, 0.114, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.929, 0.831, 0.114)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB83.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.4%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDEDD41D
  • DECIMAL ID15586333
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01