Recognised as Colour

#E6F879

#E6F879
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#E6F879 is a yellow with RGB values 230, 248, 121 and HSL 69°, 90%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#E6F879#E6F879

HEX#E6F879

RGBrgb(230, 248, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.902, 0.9725, 0.4745

RGB percentages90.2%, 97.3%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(68.5, 90.1%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(68.5, 51.2%, 97.3%)

CMYK7.3%, 0%, 51.2%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,136,889

CSS custom property--colour: #E6F879;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.07:1

Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#190786

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFED6Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEF80no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F2ECDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20 Yellow green · ΔE 24.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31.9 Pale green · ΔE 31.9 Light green · ΔE 32.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.01, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8B79F8

Analogous#F8CA79, #A6F879

Triadic#79E6F8, #F879E6

Split complementary#79A6F8, #CA79F8

Tetradic#79F8CB, #8B79F8, #F879A6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F8FDDA

Lighter +10%#EFFBA9

Darker −10%#DDF549

Darker −20%#D4F318

Darker −30%#B2CD0B

Darker −40%#889D08

More saturated +25%#EBFF72

Less saturated −25%#D9E68B

Channel breakdown

R230

G248

B121

Red230 (90.2%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue68.5°

Saturation (HSL)90.07%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR E6 · G F8 · B 79

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