Recognised as Colour

#D8E040

#D8E040
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#D8E040 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 224, 64 and HSL 63°, 72%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#D8E040#D8E040

HEX#D8E040

RGBrgb(216, 224, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.8784, 0.251

RGB percentages84.7%, 87.8%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(63, 72.1%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63, 71.4%, 87.8%)

CMYK3.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,213,184

CSS custom property--colour: #D8E040;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.66:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#271FBF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D621no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1D94Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E7D2C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 20.1 Gold · ΔE 24.3 Yellow · ΔE 24.5 Khaki · ΔE 30.6 Green yellow · ΔE 33 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 20.13, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#4840E0

Analogous#E09840, #88E040

Triadic#40D8E0, #E040D8

Split complementary#4088E0, #9840E0

Tetradic#40E098, #4840E0, #E04088

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FCFCF0

Lighter +30%#F3F5C4

Lighter +20%#EAEE98

Lighter +10%#E1E76C

Darker −10%#C3CC21

Darker −20%#99A01A

Darker −30%#6F7413

Darker −40%#45480C

More saturated +25%#F1FC24

Less saturated −25%#BFC45C

Channel breakdown

R216

G224

B64

Red216 (84.7%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue63°

Saturation (HSL)72.07%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR D8 · G E0 · B 40

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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