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Recognised as Colour

#CCEC00

  • #CCEC00
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#CCEC00 is a yellow with RGB values 204, 236, 0 and HSL 68°, 100%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#CCEC00#CCEC00
HEX#CCEC00
RGBrgb(204, 236, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.8, 0.9255, 0
RGB percentages80%, 92.5%, 0%
HSLhsl(68.1, 100%, 46.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68.1, 100%, 92.5%)
CMYK13.6%, 0%, 100%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,429,760
CSS custom property--colour: #CCEC00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.57:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#3313FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FCDE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#F9DE2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#D9DEC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 16.9Green yellow · ΔE 19.9Yellow green · ΔE 23.5Gold · ΔE 31.6Lawn green · ΔE 34.4Chartreuse · ΔE 34.7
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 16.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#2000EC
Analogous#EC9600, #56EC00
Triadic#00CCEC, #EC00CC
Split complementary#0056EC, #9600EC
Tetradic#00EC96, #2000EC, #EC0056

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FFB9
Lighter +30%#EFFF86
Lighter +20%#E8FF53
Lighter +10%#E1FF20
Darker −10%#A0B900
Darker −20%#748600
Darker −30%#485300
Darker −40%#1C2000
More saturated +25%#CCEC00
Less saturated −25%#B6CF1D

Channel breakdown

R204
G236
B0
Red204 (80%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue68.14°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR CC · G EC · B 00

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