Recognised as Colour

#E2DE25

#E2DE25
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E2DE25 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 222, 37 and HSL 59°, 77%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E2DE25#E2DE25

HEX#E2DE25

RGBrgb(226, 222, 37)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8706, 0.1451

RGB percentages88.6%, 87.1%, 14.5%

HSLhsl(58.7, 76.5%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.7, 83.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 1.8%, 83.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,868,005

CSS custom property--colour: #E2DE25;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68545WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1

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

Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#1D21DA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1D500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F4DB39no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F3CFBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.8 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 text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 16.6 Yellow · ΔE 18.1 Yellow green · ΔE 26.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.3 Green yellow · ΔE 35.8 Khaki · ΔE 36.8

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 16.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2529E2

Analogous#E27F25, #87E225

Triadic#25E2DE, #DE25E2

Split complementary#2587E2, #8025E2

Tetradic#25E280, #2529E2, #E22587

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAF9D9

Lighter +30%#F4F2AC

Lighter +20%#EEEC7F

Lighter +10%#E8E552

Darker −10%#BBB819

Darker −20%#8E8B13

Darker −30%#615F0D

Darker −40%#343307

More saturated +25%#FFFA08

Less saturated −25%#C3C044

Channel breakdown

R226

G222

B37

Red226 (88.6%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue37 (14.5%)

Hue58.73°

Saturation (HSL)76.52%

Lightness51.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G DE · B 25

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