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Recognised as Colour

#E6F40F

  • #E6F40F
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#E6F40F is a yellow with RGB values 230, 244, 15 and HSL 64°, 91%, 51%. 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

#E6F40F#E6F40F
HEX#E6F40F
RGBrgb(230, 244, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9569, 0.0588
RGB percentages90.2%, 95.7%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(63.7, 91.2%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.7, 93.9%, 95.7%)
CMYK5.7%, 0%, 93.9%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,135,759
CSS custom property--colour: #E6F40F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81559WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.31:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#190BF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEB34no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F6E5D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.9 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 text17.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 8.8Gold · ΔE 25.2Green yellow · ΔE 27Yellow green · ΔE 29.7Lawn green · ΔE 41.7Chartreuse · ΔE 41.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 8.79, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1D0FF4
Analogous#F48F0F, #74F40F
Triadic#0FE6F4, #F40FE6
Split complementary#0F74F4, #8F0FF4
Tetradic#0FF48F, #1D0FF4, #F40F74

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFDD2
Lighter +30%#F5FBA1
Lighter +20%#F0F871
Lighter +10%#EBF640
Darker −10%#BBC709
Darker −20%#8D9607
Darker −30%#5F6505
Darker −40%#323502
More saturated +25%#F0FF04
Less saturated −25%#CAD52E

Channel breakdown

R230
G244
B15
Red230 (90.2%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue63.67°
Saturation (HSL)91.24%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E6 · G F4 · B 0F

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