Colour

#ECD005

#ECD005
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECD005 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 208, 5 and HSL 53°, 96%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#ECD005#ECD005

HEX#ECD005

RGBrgb(236, 208, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8157, 0.0196

RGB percentages92.5%, 81.6%, 2%

HSLhsl(52.7, 95.9%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.7, 97.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.9%, 97.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,519,749

CSS custom property--colour: #ECD005;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62956WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.59:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7

Inverted#132FFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CA00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD425no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBFB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 72.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.8 Yellow · ΔE 23.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 24.4 Orange · ΔE 31.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 35.8 Yellow green · ΔE 36.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.84, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0521EC

Analogous#EC5D05, #94EC05

Triadic#05ECD0, #D005EC

Split complementary#0594EC, #5D05EC

Tetradic#05EC5D, #0521EC, #EC0594

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF6BF

Lighter +30%#FDEF8D

Lighter +20%#FCE85B

Lighter +10%#FAE12A

Darker −10%#BAA404

Darker −20%#887803

Darker −30%#564C02

Darker −40%#242001

More saturated +25%#F1D400

Less saturated −25%#CEB923

Channel breakdown

R236

G208

Red236 (92.5%)

Green208 (81.6%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue52.73°

Saturation (HSL)95.85%

Lightness47.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G D0 · B 05

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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