Recognised as Colour

#EEE402

#EEE402
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#EEE402 is a yellow with RGB values 238, 228, 2 and HSL 57°, 98%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#EEE402#EEE402

HEX#EEE402

RGBrgb(238, 228, 2)

RGB (0–1)0.9333, 0.8941, 0.0078

RGB percentages93.3%, 89.4%, 0.8%

HSLhsl(57.5, 98.3%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.5, 99.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 99.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,655,938

CSS custom property--colour: #EEE402;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73668WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#111BFD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE22Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 78.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 12.4 Gold · ΔE 13.8 Yellow green · ΔE 33.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 35.5 Green yellow · ΔE 37.5 Orange · ΔE 42.8

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 12.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#020CEE

Analogous#EE6E02, #82EE02

Triadic#02EEE4, #E402EE

Split complementary#0282EE, #6E02EE

Tetradic#02EE6E, #020CEE, #EE0282

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFCBE

Lighter +30%#FEF98B

Lighter +20%#FEF758

Lighter +10%#FDF426

Darker −10%#BBB402

Darker −20%#898301

Darker −30%#565301

Darker −40%#242200

More saturated +25%#F0E600

Less saturated −25%#D0C920

Channel breakdown

R238

G228

Red238 (93.3%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue2 (0.8%)

Hue57.46°

Saturation (HSL)98.33%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EE · G E4 · B 02

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