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The colour lab

Close to Yellow-green (Crayola)

What is this colour called?

The closest names in the swatch book, nearest first. The number is the distance in CIE Lab space: under 2 is hard to tell apart by eye.

Yellow-green (Crayola)#C5E38413.2 Green earth#DADD9813.4 Tea green#D0F0C013.7 Granny Smith apple#A8E4A014.1 palegoldenrod#EEE8AA15.6 Key lime#E8F48C16.2 Lemon yellow (Crayola)#FFFF9F16.3 Celadon#ACE1AF17.1 Canary#FFFF9918.3 khaki#F0E68C18.6 Khaki (X11) (Light khaki)#F0E68C18.6 Spring green (Crayola)#ECEBBD18.7

Harmonies

ComplementaryIts opposite on the wheel

#DAF9AE #CDAEF9

AnalogousIts neighbours

#DAF9AE #F9F3AE #B5F9AE

TriadicThree evenly spaced

#DAF9AE #AEDAF9 #F9AEDA

Split complementaryEither side of its opposite

#DAF9AE #AEB5F9 #F3AEF9

TintsLighter

#DAF9AE #F6FEEC #F6FEEC #F6FDED

ShadesDarker

#DAF9AE #C0F575 #A5F03D #89DF11

Contrast with text

White text 1.16:1fails

Black text 18.14:1passes AAA

Ratios follow the WCAG 2 formula. 4.5:1 is the usual minimum for body text.

Through colour-blind eyes

Typical vision

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

No colour

A simulation. Real colour vision varies from person to person.

The weekly palette

Every Monday: seven colours you may not know, what the world is wearing this week, and one idea about colour.