Recognised as Colour

#E2E12E

#E2E12E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E2E12E is a yellow with RGB values 226, 225, 46 and HSL 60°, 76%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E2E12E#E2E12E

HEX#E2E12E

RGBrgb(226, 225, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8824, 0.1804

RGB percentages88.6%, 88.2%, 18%

HSLhsl(59.7, 75.6%, 53.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.7, 79.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 79.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,868,782

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E12E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70216WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.04:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1D1ED1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DD3Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D2C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 18.3 Yellow · ΔE 18.6 Yellow green · ΔE 25.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.2 Green yellow · ΔE 34.5 Khaki · ΔE 35.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 18.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E2FE2

Analogous#E2872E, #89E22E

Triadic#2EE2E1, #E12EE2

Split complementary#2E89E2, #872EE2

Tetradic#2EE287, #2E2FE2, #E22E89

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFBE1

Lighter +30%#F5F4B4

Lighter +20%#EEEE88

Lighter +10%#E8E75B

Darker −10%#C2C11B

Darker −20%#959515

Darker −30%#69680F

Darker −40%#3C3B08

More saturated +25%#FFFE11

Less saturated −25%#C4C44C

Channel breakdown

R226

G225

B46

Red226 (88.6%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue59.67°

Saturation (HSL)75.63%

Lightness53.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E2 · G E1 · B 2E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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