Recognised as Colour

#E4DF00

#E4DF00
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#E4DF00 is a yellow with RGB values 228, 223, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E4DF00#E4DF00

HEX#E4DF00

RGBrgb(228, 223, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.8745, 0

RGB percentages89.4%, 87.5%, 0%

HSLhsl(58.7, 100%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.7, 100%, 89.4%)

CMYK0%, 2.2%, 100%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,999,296

CSS custom property--colour: #E4DF00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.85:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#1B20FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6DC29no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F6CFBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 77.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 14.2 Gold · ΔE 15.5 Yellow green · ΔE 30 Goldenrod · ΔE 34.8 Green yellow · ΔE 35.7 Khaki · ΔE 41.9

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 14.22, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0005E4

Analogous#E46D00, #77E400

Triadic#00E4DF, #DF00E4

Split complementary#0077E4, #6D00E4

Tetradic#00E46D, #0005E4, #E40077

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFDB1

Lighter +30%#FFFC7E

Lighter +20%#FFFB4B

Lighter +10%#FFFA18

Darker −10%#B1AD00

Darker −20%#7E7B00

Darker −30%#4B4900

Darker −40%#181700

More saturated +25%#E4DF00

Less saturated −25%#C8C41C

Channel breakdown

R228

G223

Red228 (89.4%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue58.68°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness44.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR E4 · G DF · B 00

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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