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Recognised as Colour

#DAE02A

  • #DAE02A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#DAE02A is a yellow with RGB values 218, 224, 42 and HSL 62°, 75%, 52%. 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.

Colour values

#DAE02A#DAE02A
HEX#DAE02A
RGBrgb(218, 224, 42)
RGB (0–1)0.8549, 0.8784, 0.1647
RGB percentages85.5%, 87.8%, 16.5%
HSLhsl(62, 74.6%, 52.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62, 81.3%, 87.8%)
CMYK2.7%, 0%, 81.3%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,344,234
CSS custom property--colour: #DAE02A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68384WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#251FD5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2D500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3DA3Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EAD2C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.4 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 text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 18.8Gold · ΔE 21Yellow green · ΔE 23Green yellow · ΔE 31.8Goldenrod · ΔE 35.2Khaki · ΔE 36.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 18.83, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#302AE0
Analogous#E08B2A, #7FE02A
Triadic#2ADAE0, #E02ADA
Split complementary#2A7FE0, #8B2AE0
Tetradic#2AE08B, #302AE0, #E02A7F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FADC
Lighter +30%#F1F3B0
Lighter +20%#E9ED83
Lighter +10%#E2E657
Darker −10%#B6BC1B
Darker −20%#8B8F15
Darker −30%#60630E
Darker −40%#353608
More saturated +25%#F6FF0C
Less saturated −25%#BEC249

Channel breakdown

R218
G224
B42
Red218 (85.5%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue42 (16.5%)
Hue61.98°
Saturation (HSL)74.59%
Lightness52.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DA · G E0 · B 2A

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