Recognised as Colour

#E2EC78

#E2EC78
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E2EC78 is a yellow with RGB values 226, 236, 120 and HSL 65°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E2EC78#E2EC78

HEX#E2EC78

RGBrgb(226, 236, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.8863, 0.9255, 0.4706

RGB percentages88.6%, 92.5%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(65.2, 75.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(65.2, 49.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK4.2%, 0%, 49.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,871,672

CSS custom property--colour: #E2EC78;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.5:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#1D1387

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAE36Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE57Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Tritanopia#EEE0D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 14.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.3 Yellow green · ΔE 26.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.5 Light green · ΔE 32.5 Pale green · ΔE 33.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 14.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8278EC

Analogous#ECBC78, #A8EC78

Triadic#78E2EC, #EC78E2

Split complementary#78A8EC, #BC78EC

Tetradic#78ECBC, #8278EC, #EC78A8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFE

Lighter +20%#F5F9D1

Lighter +10%#ECF2A5

Darker −10%#D8E64B

Darker −20%#CEDF1F

Darker −30%#A5B219

Darker −40%#7B8513

More saturated +25%#F2FF65

Less saturated −25%#D2D98B

Channel breakdown

R226

G236

B120

Red226 (88.6%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue65.17°

Saturation (HSL)75.32%

Lightness69.8%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E2 · G EC · B 78

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