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Recognised as Colour

#E5F438

  • #E5F438
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#E5F438 is a yellow with RGB values 229, 244, 56 and HSL 65°, 90%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E5F438#E5F438
HEX#E5F438
RGBrgb(229, 244, 56)
RGB (0–1)0.898, 0.9569, 0.2196
RGB percentages89.8%, 95.7%, 22%
HSLhsl(64.8, 89.5%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64.8, 77%, 95.7%)
CMYK6.1%, 0%, 77%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,070,264
CSS custom property--colour: #E5F438;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.33:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#1A0BC7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE800no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEB4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F4E5D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 75.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 14.7Yellow green · ΔE 24.8Gold · ΔE 25.3Green yellow · ΔE 26.5Khaki · ΔE 40.1Lawn green · ΔE 42.2
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 14.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#4738F4
Analogous#F4A538, #87F438
Triadic#38E5F4, #F438E5
Split complementary#3887F4, #A538F4
Tetradic#38F4A5, #4738F4, #F43887

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFF9
Lighter +30%#F8FCC9
Lighter +20%#F2F999
Lighter +10%#EBF768
Darker −10%#DAEC0D
Darker −20%#ADBC0A
Darker −30%#818B08
Darker −40%#545B05
More saturated +25%#EEFF2D
Less saturated −25%#CFDA52

Channel breakdown

R229
G244
B56
Red229 (89.8%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue56 (22%)
Hue64.79°
Saturation (HSL)89.52%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E5 · G F4 · B 38

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