Recognised as Colour

#E2E239

#E2E239
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E2E239 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 226, 57 and HSL 60°, 74%, 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

#E2E239#E2E239

HEX#E2E239

RGBrgb(226, 226, 57)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.8863, 0.2235

RGB percentages88.6%, 88.6%, 22.4%

HSLhsl(60, 74.4%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 74.8%, 88.6%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 74.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,869,049

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E239;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.6 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#1D1DC6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4D80Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DD47no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original

Tritanopia#F2D3C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 69.3 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 19.8 Yellow · ΔE 20.8 Yellow green · ΔE 24.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.6 Khaki · ΔE 32.9 Green yellow · ΔE 34.7

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3939E2

Analogous#E28E39, #8EE239

Triadic#39E2E2, #E239E2

Split complementary#398EE2, #8E39E2

Tetradic#39E28E, #3939E2, #E2398E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFCEB

Lighter +30%#F6F6BE

Lighter +20%#EFEF92

Lighter +10%#E9E965

Darker −10%#CACA1E

Darker −20%#9E9E17

Darker −30%#717111

Darker −40%#45450A

More saturated +25%#FEFE1D

Less saturated −25%#C6C655

Channel breakdown

R226

G226

B57

Red226 (88.6%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue57 (22.4%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)74.45%

Lightness55.49%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E2 · G E2 · B 39

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