Information about #EED173 color

#EED173 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #EED173 is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(238, 209, 115) (93.3% red, 82% green, 45.1% blue), or CMYK 0 / 11 / 48 / 7 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#EED173 is a strongly colored golden yellow that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Warm Sun (#F1CD6C). Slightly further away sit Golden Sand (#EACE6A) and Arylide Yellow (#E9D66B).

In RGB terms — rgb(238, 209, 115) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 14.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #EED173 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#EED173 color variations

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

#EED173 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 #EED173

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

Warm Sun color link
Warm Sun

#F1CD6C

Golden Sand color link
Golden Sand

#EACE6A

Wild Rice color link
Wild Rice

#E3D474

Pastel Gold color link
Pastel Gold

#E7D27C

Sandy color link
Sandy

#F1DA7A

Soft Orange color link
Soft Orange

#F5CA7B

Straw color link
Straw

#E4D96F

Sand color link
Sand

#E2CA76

Golden Glow color link
Golden Glow

#F9D77E

Marzipan color link
Marzipan

#EBC881

Cherokee color link
Cherokee

#F5CD82

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EED173
  • RGB238, 209, 115
  • CMYK0, 11, 48, 7
  • CSSrgb(238, 209, 115)
  • HSL46°, 78%, 69%
  • HSL Precise45.854°, 78.344%, 69.216%
  • HSV46°, 52%, 93%
  • HSB46°, 52%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.820
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.451
  • GLSLvec3(0.933, 0.820, 0.451)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.933, 0.820, 0.451, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.933, 0.820, 0.451)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB93.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB82%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDEED173
  • DECIMAL ID15651187
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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