Recognised as Colour

#E3E330

#E3E330
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#E3E330 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 227, 48 and HSL 60°, 76%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E3E330#E3E330

HEX#E3E330

RGBrgb(227, 227, 48)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8902, 0.1882

RGB percentages89%, 89%, 18.8%

HSLhsl(60, 76.2%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 78.9%, 89%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 78.9%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,934,832

CSS custom property--colour: #E3E330;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71482WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.3:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#1C1CCF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6D900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DE41no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D4C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 18.1 Gold · ΔE 18.8 Yellow green · ΔE 25.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 33.9 Green yellow · ΔE 33.9 Khaki · ΔE 35.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 18.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3030E3

Analogous#E38A30, #8AE330

Triadic#30E3E3, #E330E3

Split complementary#308AE3, #8A30E3

Tetradic#30E38A, #3030E3, #E3308A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFBE4

Lighter +30%#F5F5B7

Lighter +20%#EFEF8A

Lighter +10%#E9E95D

Darker −10%#C5C51B

Darker −20%#989815

Darker −30%#6B6B0F

Darker −40%#3F3F08

More saturated +25%#FFFF14

Less saturated −25%#C6C64D

Channel breakdown

R227

G227

B48

Red227 (89%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue48 (18.8%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)76.17%

Lightness53.92%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR E3 · G E3 · B 30

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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