Recognised as Colour

#DEFB3E

#DEFB3E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#DEFB3E is a yellow with RGB values 222, 251, 62 and HSL 69°, 96%, 61%. 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

#DEFB3E#DEFB3E

HEX#DEFB3E

RGBrgb(222, 251, 62)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.9843, 0.2431

RGB percentages87.1%, 98.4%, 24.3%

HSLhsl(69.2, 95.9%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(69.2, 75.3%, 98.4%)

CMYK11.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,613,310

CSS custom property--colour: #DEFB3E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84872WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.97:1

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

Contrast with black17.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#2104C1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFED05no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE50no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Tritanopia#EBEDD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.9 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 text17.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 17.5 Green yellow · ΔE 20.8 Yellow green · ΔE 23.1 Gold · ΔE 31.3 Lawn green · ΔE 36.7 Chartreuse · ΔE 36.9

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 17.51, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B3EFB

Analogous#FBBA3E, #7FFB3E

Triadic#3EDEFB, #FB3EDE

Split complementary#3E80FB, #B93EFB

Tetradic#3EFBB9, #5B3EFB, #FB3E80

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F8FED4

Lighter +20%#EFFDA2

Lighter +10%#E7FC70

Darker −10%#D5FA0C

Darker −20%#B0CF04

Darker −30%#859D03

Darker −40%#5B6B02

More saturated +25%#E1FF3A

Less saturated −25%#CDE257

Channel breakdown

R222

G251

B62

Red222 (87.1%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue62 (24.3%)

Hue69.21°

Saturation (HSL)95.94%

Lightness61.37%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR DE · G FB · B 3E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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