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Recognised as Colour

#E9F50E

  • #E9F50E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#E9F50E is a yellow with RGB values 233, 245, 14 and HSL 63°, 92%, 51%. 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

#E9F50E#E9F50E
HEX#E9F50E
RGBrgb(233, 245, 14)
RGB (0–1)0.9137, 0.9608, 0.0549
RGB percentages91.4%, 96.1%, 5.5%
HSLhsl(63.1, 92%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.1, 94.3%, 96.1%)
CMYK4.9%, 0%, 94.3%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,332,622
CSS custom property--colour: #E9F50E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8266WCAG 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#E2E2E2
Inverted#160AF1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEC34no 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 82.7 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 7.8Gold · ΔE 24.7Green yellow · ΔE 27.8Yellow green · ΔE 30.7Lawn green · ΔE 42.6Chartreuse · ΔE 42.6
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 7.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A0EF5
Analogous#F58E0E, #76F50E
Triadic#0EE9F5, #F50EE9
Split complementary#0E75F5, #8E0EF5
Tetradic#0EF58E, #1A0EF5, #F50E75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFDD2
Lighter +30%#F6FBA1
Lighter +20%#F2F970
Lighter +10%#EDF73F
Darker −10%#BEC808
Darker −20%#8F9706
Darker −30%#616604
Darker −40%#323502
More saturated +25%#F2FF04
Less saturated −25%#CDD62D

Channel breakdown

R233
G245
B14
Red233 (91.4%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue14 (5.5%)
Hue63.12°
Saturation (HSL)92.03%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR E9 · G F5 · B 0E

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