Recognised as Colour

#E4ED2F

#E4ED2F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#E4ED2F is a yellow with RGB values 228, 237, 47 and HSL 63°, 84%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E4ED2F#E4ED2F

HEX#E4ED2F

RGBrgb(228, 237, 47)

RGB (0–1)0.8941, 0.9294, 0.1843

RGB percentages89.4%, 92.9%, 18.4%

HSLhsl(62.8, 84.1%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.8, 80.2%, 92.9%)

CMYK3.8%, 0%, 80.2%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,002,927

CSS custom property--colour: #E4ED2F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.45:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#1B12D0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE642no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F4DECBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 14.4 Gold · ΔE 22.3 Yellow green · ΔE 25.3 Green yellow · ΔE 29.2 Khaki · ΔE 39.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 39.7

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 14.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#382FED

Analogous#ED972F, #85ED2F

Triadic#2FE4ED, #ED2FE4

Split complementary#2F85ED, #972FED

Tetradic#2FED97, #382FED, #ED2F85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFDEB

Lighter +30%#F6F9BC

Lighter +20%#F0F58D

Lighter +10%#EAF15E

Darker −10%#CDD613

Darker −20%#A0A80E

Darker −30%#73790A

Darker −40%#464A06

More saturated +25%#F4FF1D

Less saturated −25%#CAD14B

Channel breakdown

R228

G237

B47

Red228 (89.4%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue47 (18.4%)

Hue62.84°

Saturation (HSL)84.07%

Lightness55.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E4 · G ED · B 2F

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Colour values

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