Colour

#DEE43B

#DEE43B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DEE43B is a yellow with RGB values 222, 228, 59 and HSL 62°, 76%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DEE43B#DEE43B

HEX#DEE43B

RGBrgb(222, 228, 59)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.8941, 0.2314

RGB percentages87.1%, 89.4%, 23.1%

HSLhsl(62.1, 75.8%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.1, 74.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK2.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,607,419

CSS custom property--colour: #DEE43B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.27:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#211BC4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DA12no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7DE49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Tritanopia#EDD6C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 20.9 Gold · ΔE 22.2 Yellow green · ΔE 22.3 Green yellow · ΔE 32.3 Khaki · ΔE 33.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.8

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 20.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#413BE4

Analogous#E4963B, #8AE43B

Triadic#3BDEE4, #E43BDE

Split complementary#3B8AE4, #953BE4

Tetradic#3BE495, #413BE4, #E43B8A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFDEE

Lighter +30%#F5F7C1

Lighter +20%#EDF095

Lighter +10%#E6EA68

Darker −10%#C9CF1D

Darker −20%#9EA316

Darker −30%#727610

Darker −40%#47490A

More saturated +25%#F7FF20

Less saturated −25%#C4C857

Channel breakdown

R222

G228

B59

Red222 (87.1%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue59 (23.1%)

Hue62.13°

Saturation (HSL)75.78%

Lightness56.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G E4 · B 3B

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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