Yellow

The color code of Yellow indicates, that green is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with red it forms the basic color yellow, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of green. Learn more …

Because achromatic basic colors like black and white are restrained, the colorfulness of Yellow is not really limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 89 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 90 %, Yellow is a quite light color.

Hex	`#ecfa16`
RGB	`rgb(236, 250, 22)`
HSL*	`hsl(64, 96%, 53%)`
Lab*	`94.42 -26.76 89.98`
CMYK*	`6% 0% 91% 2%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

84 %

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