Colour

#DEFB36

#DEFB36
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DEFB36 is a yellow with RGB values 222, 251, 54 and HSL 69°, 96%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#DEFB36#DEFB36

HEX#DEFB36

RGBrgb(222, 251, 54)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9843, 0.2118

RGB percentages87.1%, 98.4%, 21.2%

HSLhsl(68.8, 96.1%, 59.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.8, 78.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK11.6%, 0%, 78.5%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,613,302

CSS custom property--colour: #DEFB36;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8479WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.96:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#2104C9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFED00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Tritanopia#ECEDD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 16 Green yellow · ΔE 20.5 Yellow green · ΔE 24.4 Gold · ΔE 31.2 Lawn green · ΔE 36.2 Chartreuse · ΔE 36.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 16.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5336FB

Analogous#FBB536, #7CFB36

Triadic#36DEFB, #FB36DE

Split complementary#367CFB, #B536FB

Tetradic#36FBB5, #5336FB, #FB367C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFE

Lighter +30%#F7FECC

Lighter +20%#EEFD9A

Lighter +10%#E6FC68

Darker −10%#D5F905

Darker −20%#AAC704

Darker −30%#809503

Darker −40%#556302

More saturated +25%#E1FF32

Less saturated −25%#CCE150

Channel breakdown

R222

G251

B54

Red222 (87.1%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue54 (21.2%)

Hue68.83°

Saturation (HSL)96.1%

Lightness59.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G FB · B 36

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