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Recognised as Colour

#C5EA06

  • #C5EA06
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Green yellow

#C5EA06 is a yellow with RGB values 197, 234, 6 and HSL 70°, 95%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#C5EA06#C5EA06
HEX#C5EA06
RGBrgb(197, 234, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.7725, 0.9176, 0.0235
RGB percentages77.3%, 91.8%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(69.7, 95%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(69.7, 97.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK15.8%, 0%, 97.4%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,970,502
CSS custom property--colour: #C5EA06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70729WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.15:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#3A15F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F9DB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5DB31no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D1DDC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 18.1Yellow · ΔE 19.4Yellow green · ΔE 21.4Lawn green · ΔE 32.6Chartreuse · ΔE 32.9Gold · ΔE 33.4
Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 18.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2B06EA
Analogous#EA9D06, #53EA06
Triadic#06C5EA, #EA06C5
Split complementary#0653EA, #9D06EA
Tetradic#06EA9D, #2B06EA, #EA0653

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FDBF
Lighter +30%#EAFC8D
Lighter +20%#E1FB5B
Lighter +10%#D8FA29
Darker −10%#9BB805
Darker −20%#718703
Darker −30%#475502
Darker −40%#1E2301
More saturated +25%#C9F000
Less saturated −25%#B1CC24

Channel breakdown

R197
G234
B6
Red197 (77.3%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue69.74°
Saturation (HSL)95%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR C5 · G EA · B 06

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