Recognised as Colour

#ECC57F

#ECC57F
Orange
Light
Nearest: Burlywood

#ECC57F is a orange with RGB values 236, 197, 127 and HSL 39°, 74%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#ECC57F#ECC57F

HEX#ECC57F

RGBrgb(236, 197, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7725, 0.498

RGB percentages92.5%, 77.3%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(38.5, 74.1%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(38.5, 46.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 16.5%, 46.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,517,055

CSS custom property--colour: #ECC57F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.86:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#133A80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D6C57Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#DFCE81no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FCB9B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 11.3 Navajo white · ΔE 14.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 16 Tan · ΔE 17 Khaki · ΔE 17.2 Moccasin · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 11.28, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyorange

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7FA6EC

Analogous#EC8E7F, #DDEC7F

Triadic#7FECC5, #C57FEC

Split complementary#7FDDEC, #8E7FEC

Tetradic#7FEC8E, #7FA6EC, #EC7FDC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9EDD8

Lighter +10%#F3D9AB

Darker −10%#E5B153

Darker −20%#DF9D26

Darker −30%#B77F1B

Darker −40%#8A6015

More saturated +25%#FECA6D

Less saturated −25%#DAC091

Channel breakdown

R236

G197

B127

Red236 (92.5%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue38.53°

Saturation (HSL)74.15%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G C5 · B 7F

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