Recognised as Colour

#E1DE00

#E1DE00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#E1DE00 is a yellow with RGB values 225, 222, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E1DE00#E1DE00

HEX#E1DE00

RGBrgb(225, 222, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8824, 0.8706, 0

RGB percentages88.2%, 87.1%, 0%

HSLhsl(59.2, 100%, 44.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.2, 100%, 88.2%)

CMYK0%, 1.3%, 100%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,802,432

CSS custom property--colour: #E1DE00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.65:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#1E21FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D400no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DA29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F2CFBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 14.7 Gold · ΔE 16.3 Yellow green · ΔE 29 Goldenrod · ΔE 35 Green yellow · ΔE 35 Khaki · ΔE 41.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 14.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0003E1

Analogous#E16D00, #74E100

Triadic#00E1DE, #DE00E1

Split complementary#0073E1, #6E00E1

Tetradic#00E16D, #0003E1, #E10073

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFEAE

Lighter +30%#FFFD7B

Lighter +20%#FFFD48

Lighter +10%#FFFC15

Darker −10%#AEAC00

Darker −20%#7B7900

Darker −30%#484700

Darker −40%#151500

More saturated +25%#E1DE00

Less saturated −25%#C5C31C

Channel breakdown

R225

G222

Red225 (88.2%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue59.2°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E1 · G DE · B 00

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Channel breakdown

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