Recognised as Colour

#D9E252

#D9E252
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#D9E252 is a yellow with RGB values 217, 226, 82 and HSL 64°, 71%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

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HEX#D9E252

RGBrgb(217, 226, 82)

RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.8863, 0.3216

RGB percentages85.1%, 88.6%, 32.2%

HSLhsl(63.8, 71.3%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(63.8, 63.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK4%, 0%, 63.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,279,250

CSS custom property--colour: #D9E252;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69754WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.95:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#261DAD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2D83Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DB5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Tritanopia#E7D5C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 19.9 Khaki · ΔE 25.1 Gold · ΔE 27.9 Yellow · ΔE 29.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 19.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B52E2

Analogous#E2A352, #91E252

Triadic#52D9E2, #E252D9

Split complementary#5291E2, #A352E2

Tetradic#52E2A3, #5B52E2, #E25291

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F6F8D5

Lighter +20%#ECF1A9

Lighter +10%#E3E97E

Darker −10%#CFDB26

Darker −20%#A7B01E

Darker −30%#7E8516

Darker −40%#54590F

More saturated +25%#EFFB39

Less saturated −25%#C3C96B

Channel breakdown

R217

G226

B82

Red217 (85.1%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue82 (32.2%)

Hue63.75°

Saturation (HSL)71.29%

Lightness60.39%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR D9 · G E2 · B 52

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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