Recognised as Colour
#ECBE0F
- #ECBE0F
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Gold
#ECBE0F is a yellow with RGB values 236, 190, 15 and HSL 48°, 88%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.
Colour values
#ECBE0F#ECBE0F
HEX#ECBE0F
RGBrgb(236, 190, 15)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7451, 0.0588
RGB percentages92.5%, 74.5%, 5.9%
HSLhsl(47.5, 88%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.5, 93.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 19.5%, 93.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,515,151
CSS custom property--colour: #ECBE0F;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.54694WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#1341F0
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#0F3DEC
Analogous#EC500F, #ABEC0F
Triadic#0FECBE, #BE0FEC
Split complementary#0FABEC, #4F0FEC
Tetradic#0FEC50, #0F3DEC, #EC0FAC
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R236
G190
B15
Red236 (92.5%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue15 (5.9%)
Hue47.51°
Saturation (HSL)88.05%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G BE · B 0F
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