Recognised as Colour

#D8E502

#D8E502
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#D8E502 is a yellow with RGB values 216, 229, 2 and HSL 63°, 98%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

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HEX#D8E502

RGBrgb(216, 229, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.8471, 0.898, 0.0078

RGB percentages84.7%, 89.8%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(63.4, 98.3%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.4, 99.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK5.7%, 0%, 99.1%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,214,402

CSS custom property--colour: #D8E502;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.13:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#271AFD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7DC2Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Tritanopia#E7D6C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.4 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 text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 13.7 Gold · ΔE 23.4 Yellow green · ΔE 25.4 Green yellow · ΔE 27.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 41.3 Lawn green · ΔE 42.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 13.65, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F02E5

Analogous#E58102, #66E502

Triadic#02D8E5, #E502D8

Split complementary#0266E5, #8102E5

Tetradic#02E581, #0F02E5, #E50266

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAFEB5

Lighter +30%#F7FE82

Lighter +20%#F4FD50

Lighter +10%#F0FD1D

Darker −10%#A8B202

Darker −20%#798001

Darker −30%#494D01

Darker −40%#191B00

More saturated +25%#DAE700

Less saturated −25%#BEC81F

Channel breakdown

R216

G229

Red216 (84.7%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue63.44°

Saturation (HSL)98.27%

Lightness45.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR D8 · G E5 · B 02

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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