Recognised as Colour

#ECCB11

#ECCB11
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECCB11 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 203, 17 and HSL 51°, 87%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#ECCB11#ECCB11

HEX#ECCB11

RGBrgb(236, 203, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.7961, 0.0667

RGB percentages92.5%, 79.6%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(51, 86.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 92.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 14%, 92.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,518,481

CSS custom property--colour: #ECCB11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60585WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.12:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5

Inverted#1334EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1C600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EAD128no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBAADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 70.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 7.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 20.9 Yellow · ΔE 26.7 Orange · ΔE 28.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.5 Khaki · ΔE 37.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 7.81, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1132EC

Analogous#EC5D11, #9FEC11

Triadic#11ECCB, #CB11EC

Split complementary#119FEC, #5D11EC

Tetradic#11EC5E, #1132EC, #EC11A0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF5CE

Lighter +30%#F8EA9E

Lighter +20%#F5E06E

Lighter +10%#F1D63F

Darker −10%#BCA20E

Darker −20%#8D790A

Darker −30%#5D5007

Darker −40%#2E2703

More saturated +25%#FDD700

Less saturated −25%#CCB531

Channel breakdown

R236

G203

B17

Red236 (92.5%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue50.96°

Saturation (HSL)86.56%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G CB · B 11

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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