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Recognised as Colour

#DEF30C

  • #DEF30C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#DEF30C is a yellow with RGB values 222, 243, 12 and HSL 65°, 91%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DEF30C#DEF30C
HEX#DEF30C
RGBrgb(222, 243, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9529, 0.0471
RGB percentages87.1%, 95.3%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(65.5, 90.6%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.5, 95.1%, 95.3%)
CMYK8.6%, 0%, 95.1%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,611,212
CSS custom property--colour: #DEF30C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79657WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.93:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#210CF3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFE833no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#EDE4CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 82.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 11.4Green yellow · ΔE 24.1Gold · ΔE 27.8Yellow green · ΔE 27.8Lawn green · ΔE 38.8Chartreuse · ΔE 38.9
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 11.36, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#210CF3
Analogous#F3940C, #6BF30C
Triadic#0CDEF3, #F30CDE
Split complementary#0C6AF3, #950CF3
Tetradic#0CF395, #210CF3, #F30C6A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F8FDCE
Lighter +30%#F2FA9E
Lighter +20%#EBF86D
Lighter +10%#E5F53D
Darker −10%#B2C20A
Darker −20%#859207
Darker −30%#596105
Darker −40%#2C3102
More saturated +25%#E8FF00
Less saturated −25%#C4D32C

Channel breakdown

R222
G243
B12
Red222 (87.1%)
Green243 (95.3%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue65.45°
Saturation (HSL)90.59%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR DE · G F3 · B 0C

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