Recognised as Colour

#E3F138

#E3F138
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#E3F138 is a yellow with RGB values 227, 241, 56 and HSL 65°, 87%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E3F138#E3F138

HEX#E3F138

RGBrgb(227, 241, 56)

RGB (0–1)0.8902, 0.9451, 0.2196

RGB percentages89%, 94.5%, 22%

HSLhsl(64.5, 86.9%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(64.5, 76.8%, 94.5%)

CMYK5.8%, 0%, 76.8%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,938,424

CSS custom property--colour: #E3F138;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79527WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.91:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#1C0EC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE849no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F2E3CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 73.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 15.7 Yellow green · ΔE 23.9 Gold · ΔE 24.8 Green yellow · ΔE 27.2 Khaki · ΔE 39 Goldenrod · ΔE 41.3

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 15.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4638F1

Analogous#F1A238, #87F138

Triadic#38E3F1, #F138E3

Split complementary#3887F1, #A238F1

Tetradic#38F1A2, #4638F1, #F13887

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFEF7

Lighter +30%#F7FBC7

Lighter +20%#F0F897

Lighter +10%#EAF468

Darker −10%#D6E610

Darker −20%#A9B60D

Darker −30%#7D8709

Darker −40%#515706

More saturated +25%#EFFF2A

Less saturated −25%#CCD653

Channel breakdown

R227

G241

B56

Red227 (89%)

Green241 (94.5%)

Blue56 (22%)

Hue64.54°

Saturation (HSL)86.85%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E3 · G F1 · B 38

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