Recognised as Colour

#DEF540

#DEF540
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DEF540 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 245, 64 and HSL 68°, 90%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DEF540#DEF540

HEX#DEF540

RGBrgb(222, 245, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9608, 0.251

RGB percentages87.1%, 96.1%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(67.6, 90%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(67.6, 73.9%, 96.1%)

CMYK9.4%, 0%, 73.9%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,611,776

CSS custom property--colour: #DEF540;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.24:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#210ABF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE814no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEA50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original

Tritanopia#ECE7D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 18.2 Yellow green · ΔE 21.7 Green yellow · ΔE 23.8 Gold · ΔE 28.8 Khaki · ΔE 39.1 Lawn green · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 18.23, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5740F5

Analogous#F5B240, #83F540

Triadic#40DEF5, #F540DE

Split complementary#4084F5, #B240F5

Tetradic#40F5B2, #5740F5, #F54084

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F7FDD1

Lighter +20%#EFFAA1

Lighter +10%#E6F870

Darker −10%#D6F210

Darker −20%#ADC50A

Darker −30%#829408

Darker −40%#586405

More saturated +25%#E5FF36

Less saturated −25%#CBDC59

Channel breakdown

R222

G245

B64

Red222 (87.1%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue67.62°

Saturation (HSL)90.05%

Lightness60.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G F5 · B 40

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Colour values

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