Recognised as Colour

#E2E237

#E2E237
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E2E237 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 226, 55 and HSL 60°, 75%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E2E237#E2E237

HEX#E2E237

RGBrgb(226, 226, 55)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8863, 0.2157

RGB percentages88.6%, 88.6%, 21.6%

HSLhsl(60, 74.7%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 75.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 75.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,869,047

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E237;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.17:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#1D1DC8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D802no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DD46no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F2D3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.5 Yellow · ΔE 20.3 Yellow green · ΔE 24.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.8 Khaki · ΔE 33.5 Green yellow · ΔE 34.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.54, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3737E2

Analogous#E28D37, #8DE237

Triadic#37E2E2, #E237E2

Split complementary#378DE2, #8D37E2

Tetradic#37E28D, #3737E2, #E2378D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFCE9

Lighter +30%#F5F5BD

Lighter +20%#EFEF90

Lighter +10%#E8E864

Darker −10%#C9C91D

Darker −20%#9C9C17

Darker −30%#707010

Darker −40%#43430A

More saturated +25%#FFFF1A

Less saturated −25%#C5C554

Channel breakdown

R226

G226

B55

Red226 (88.6%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue55 (21.6%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)74.67%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E2 · G E2 · B 37

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