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Recognised as Colour

#E6F209

  • #E6F209
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#E6F209 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 242, 9 and HSL 63°, 93%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E6F209#E6F209
HEX#E6F209
RGBrgb(230, 242, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.949, 0.0353
RGB percentages90.2%, 94.9%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(63.1, 92.8%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.1, 96.3%, 94.9%)
CMYK5%, 0%, 96.3%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,135,241
CSS custom property--colour: #E6F209;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80347WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.07:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#190DF6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEA32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F6E3CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 8.6Gold · ΔE 24.2Green yellow · ΔE 27.8Yellow green · ΔE 29.9Lawn green · ΔE 42.6Chartreuse · ΔE 42.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 8.59, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1509F2
Analogous#F28909, #72F209
Triadic#09E6F2, #F209E6
Split complementary#0972F2, #8909F2
Tetradic#09F289, #1509F2, #F20972

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFDCA
Lighter +30%#F6FB99
Lighter +20%#F2F968
Lighter +10%#EEF836
Darker −10%#B7C107
Darker −20%#899005
Darker −30%#5A5E04
Darker −40%#2B2D02
More saturated +25%#EEFB00
Less saturated −25%#CAD328

Channel breakdown

R230
G242
B9
Red230 (90.2%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue63.09°
Saturation (HSL)92.83%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E6 · G F2 · B 09

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