Recognised as Colour

#E3E442

#E3E442
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#E3E442 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 228, 66 and HSL 60°, 75%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#E3E442#E3E442

HEX#E3E442

RGBrgb(227, 228, 66)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.8941, 0.2588

RGB percentages89%, 89.4%, 25.9%

HSLhsl(60.4, 75%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.4, 71.1%, 89.4%)

CMYK0.4%, 0%, 71.1%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,935,106

CSS custom property--colour: #E3E442;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.44:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#1C1BBD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6DA23no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DF4Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F3D6C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 21.3 Yellow · ΔE 22.5 Yellow green · ΔE 23.7 Khaki · ΔE 30.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 32.7 Green yellow · ΔE 34.9

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 21.27, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4342E4

Analogous#E49442, #92E442

Triadic#42E3E4, #E442E3

Split complementary#4292E4, #9442E4

Tetradic#42E494, #4342E4, #E44292

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFEF5

Lighter +30%#F7F7C8

Lighter +20%#F0F19B

Lighter +10%#EAEA6F

Darker −10%#D3D51E

Darker −20%#A7A818

Darker −30%#7B7B12

Darker −40%#4E4F0B

More saturated +25%#FEFF27

Less saturated −25%#C8C95D

Channel breakdown

R227

G228

B66

Red227 (89%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue66 (25.9%)

Hue60.37°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E3 · G E4 · B 42

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Colour values

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