Colour

#E0E025

#E0E025
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#E0E025 is a yellow with RGB values 224, 224, 37 and HSL 60°, 75%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E0E025#E0E025

HEX#E0E025

RGBrgb(224, 224, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.8784, 0.8784, 0.1451

RGB percentages87.8%, 87.8%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(60, 75.1%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 83.5%, 87.8%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 83.5%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,737,445

CSS custom property--colour: #E0E025;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#1F1FDA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5DB39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F0D1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 17.4 Gold · ΔE 18.2 Yellow green · ΔE 25.8 Green yellow · ΔE 33.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 34 Khaki · ΔE 37.4

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 17.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2525E0

Analogous#E08325, #83E025

Triadic#25E0E0, #E025E0

Split complementary#2583E0, #8325E0

Tetradic#25E083, #2525E0, #E02583

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F9F9D8

Lighter +30%#F3F3AB

Lighter +20%#EDED7E

Lighter +10%#E6E652

Darker −10%#B8B81A

Darker −20%#8B8B14

Darker −30%#5F5F0D

Darker −40%#323207

More saturated +25%#FFFF06

Less saturated −25%#C1C144

Channel breakdown

R224

G224

B37

Red224 (87.8%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)75.1%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E0 · G E0 · B 25

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