Colour

#ECCA04

#ECCA04
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECCA04 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 202, 4 and HSL 51°, 97%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#ECCA04#ECCA04

HEX#ECCA04

RGBrgb(236, 202, 4)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7922, 0.0157

RGB percentages92.5%, 79.2%, 1.6%

HSLhsl(51.2, 96.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.2, 98.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 14.4%, 98.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,518,212

CSS custom property--colour: #ECCA04;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.02:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#1335FB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0C500no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9D023no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFB9ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Yellow · ΔE 26.6 Orange · ΔE 28.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.8 Yellow green · ΔE 38.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.09, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0426EC

Analogous#EC5604, #9AEC04

Triadic#04ECCA, #CA04EC

Split complementary#049AEC, #5604EC

Tetradic#04EC56, #0426EC, #EC049A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF5BE

Lighter +30%#FDEC8C

Lighter +20%#FCE45A

Lighter +10%#FBDC28

Darker −10%#BA9F03

Darker −20%#887402

Darker −30%#564901

Darker −40%#231E01

More saturated +25%#F0CD00

Less saturated −25%#CEB522

Channel breakdown

R236

G202

Red236 (92.5%)

Green202 (79.2%)

Blue4 (1.6%)

Hue51.21°

Saturation (HSL)96.67%

Lightness47.06%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G CA · B 04

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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