What color is #EEBB11?

#EEBB11 is a vivid yellow known as Goldfinger. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Goldfinger?

The RGB value is 238, 187, 17: 238 red, 187 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Goldfinger?

The complementary color is #1144EE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #EEBB11?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.75:1 and white text 1.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Goldfinger color: hex code #EEBB11

#EEBB11 rgb(238, 187, 17)

Shades of yellow

Goldfinger has the hex code #EEBB11. It is a vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 93.3% red, 73.3% green and 6.7% blue (238, 187, 17).

Its hue angle is 46°, with 87% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 93% yellow and 7% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.75:1).

Goldfinger (#EEBB11) color codes

HEX	`#EEBB11`
RGB	`rgb(238, 187, 17)`
RGB percent	`rgb(93.3%, 73.3%, 6.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(46, 87%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(46, 93%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 21%, 93%, 7%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(78.32, 5.33, 78.48)`
CIE LCH	`lch(78.32, 78.66, 86.12)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(53.135, 53.762, 8.109)`
Decimal	`15645457`
Short hex	`#EB1`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Goldfinger, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #EEBB11	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.75:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#EEBB11 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.79:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.75:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #EEBB11 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #eebb11; }
.text { color: #eebb11; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eebb11; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(238 187 17 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #eebb11, #b3ee11); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #EEBB11 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #EEBB11?: #EEBB11 is a vivid yellow known as Goldfinger. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Goldfinger?: The RGB value is 238, 187, 17: 238 red, 187 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Goldfinger?: The complementary color is #1144EE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #EEBB11?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.75:1 and white text 1.79:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.