Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#DCE22E

  • #DCE22E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#DCE22E is a yellow with RGB values 220, 226, 46 and HSL 62°, 76%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DCE22E#DCE22E
HEX#DCE22E
RGBrgb(220, 226, 46)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.8863, 0.1804
RGB percentages86.3%, 88.6%, 18%
HSLhsl(62, 75.6%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62, 79.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK2.7%, 0%, 79.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,475,822
CSS custom property--colour: #DCE22E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69806WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.96:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#231DD1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5DC40no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#ECD4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 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 text14.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 18.7Gold · ΔE 21.2Yellow green · ΔE 23.1Green yellow · ΔE 31.6Goldenrod · ΔE 35.4Khaki · ΔE 36.2
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 18.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#342EE2
Analogous#E28E2E, #82E22E
Triadic#2EDCE2, #E22EDC
Split complementary#2E82E2, #8E2EE2
Tetradic#2EE28E, #342EE2, #E22E82

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFBE1
Lighter +30%#F3F5B4
Lighter +20%#EBEE88
Lighter +10%#E3E85B
Darker −10%#BCC21B
Darker −20%#919515
Darker −30%#66690F
Darker −40%#3A3C08
More saturated +25%#F7FF11
Less saturated −25%#C0C44C

Channel breakdown

R220
G226
B46
Red220 (86.3%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue46 (18%)
Hue62°
Saturation (HSL)75.63%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DC · G E2 · B 2E

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “dce22e” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.