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Recognised as Colour

#D9EC0F

  • #D9EC0F
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#D9EC0F is a yellow with RGB values 217, 236, 15 and HSL 65°, 88%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#D9EC0F#D9EC0F
HEX#D9EC0F
RGBrgb(217, 236, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.9255, 0.0588
RGB percentages85.1%, 92.5%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(65.2, 88%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.2, 93.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK8.1%, 0%, 93.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,281,743
CSS custom property--colour: #D9EC0F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.96:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#2613F0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FEDF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#FCE232no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E8DEC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 13.1Green yellow · ΔE 25Yellow green · ΔE 25.4Gold · ΔE 26.2Lawn green · ΔE 39.8Chartreuse · ΔE 40
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 13.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#220FEC
Analogous#EC910F, #6BEC0F
Triadic#0FD9EC, #EC0FD9
Split complementary#0F6AEC, #900FEC
Tetradic#0FEC91, #220FEC, #EC0F6B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FCCB
Lighter +30%#F1F99B
Lighter +20%#EAF66B
Lighter +10%#E3F33B
Darker −10%#ADBC0C
Darker −20%#818C09
Darker −30%#555C06
Darker −40%#292C03
More saturated +25%#E5FB00
Less saturated −25%#BFCD2E

Channel breakdown

R217
G236
B15
Red217 (85.1%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue65.16°
Saturation (HSL)88.05%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR D9 · G EC · B 0F

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