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Recognised as Colour

#E9F500

  • #E9F500
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#E9F500 is a yellow with RGB values 233, 245, 0 and HSL 63°, 100%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#E9F500#E9F500
HEX#E9F500
RGBrgb(233, 245, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9608, 0
RGB percentages91.4%, 96.1%, 0%
HSLhsl(62.9, 100%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(62.9, 100%, 96.1%)
CMYK4.9%, 0%, 100%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,332,608
CSS custom property--colour: #E9F500;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.53:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#160AFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEC30no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FAE5D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 7.2Gold · ΔE 24.9Green yellow · ΔE 28Yellow green · ΔE 31.5Lawn green · ΔE 42.6Chartreuse · ΔE 42.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0C00F5
Analogous#F58700, #6EF500
Triadic#00E9F5, #F500E9
Split complementary#006EF5, #8700F5
Tetradic#00F587, #0C00F5, #F5006E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFFC2
Lighter +30%#FAFF8F
Lighter +20%#F7FF5C
Lighter +10%#F5FF29
Darker −10%#B8C200
Darker −20%#888F00
Darker −30%#575C00
Darker −40%#272900
More saturated +25%#E9F500
Less saturated −25%#CDD61F

Channel breakdown

R233
G245
B0
Red233 (91.4%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue62.94°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E9 · G F5 · B 00

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