Recognised as Colour

#E2E85C

#E2E85C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow green

#E2E85C is a yellow with RGB values 226, 232, 92 and HSL 63°, 75%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#E2E85C#E2E85C

HEX#E2E85C

RGBrgb(226, 232, 92)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.9098, 0.3608

RGB percentages88.6%, 91%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(62.6, 75.3%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.6, 60.3%, 91%)

CMYK2.6%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,870,620

CSS custom property--colour: #E2E85C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.93:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#1D17A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DE4Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E265no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F0DBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 22.4 Khaki · ΔE 23 Gold · ΔE 28.1 Yellow · ΔE 30.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.8

Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 22.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#625CE8

Analogous#E8A85C, #9CE85C

Triadic#5CE2E8, #E85CE2

Split complementary#5C9CE8, #A85CE8

Tetradic#5CE8A8, #625CE8, #E85C9C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAFBE2

Lighter +20%#F2F5B5

Lighter +10%#EAEE89

Darker −10%#DAE22F

Darker −20%#BBC31B

Darker −30%#909615

Darker −40%#65690F

More saturated +25%#F7FF45

Less saturated −25%#CDD173

Channel breakdown

R226

G232

B92

Red226 (88.6%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue62.57°

Saturation (HSL)75.27%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E2 · G E8 · B 5C

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