Recognised as Colour

#ECD12E

#ECD12E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECD12E is a yellow with RGB values 236, 209, 46 and HSL 51°, 83%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#ECD12E#ECD12E

HEX#ECD12E

RGBrgb(236, 209, 46)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8196, 0.1804

RGB percentages92.5%, 82%, 18%

HSLhsl(51.5, 83.3%, 55.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.5, 80.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.4%, 80.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,520,046

CSS custom property--colour: #ECD12E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.73:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#132ED1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6CB00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD53Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC1B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 66.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.2 Yellow · ΔE 27.1 Orange · ΔE 31.5 Khaki · ΔE 32.4 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2E49EC

Analogous#EC722E, #A8EC2E

Triadic#2EECD1, #D12EEC

Split complementary#2EA8EC, #722EEC

Tetradic#2EEC72, #2E49EC, #EC2EA8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFAE9

Lighter +30%#F9F0BA

Lighter +20%#F5E68B

Lighter +10%#F0DB5D

Darker −10%#D4B813

Darker −20%#A5900F

Darker −30%#76670B

Darker −40%#483E06

More saturated +25%#FFDF1B

Less saturated −25%#D0BD4A

Channel breakdown

R236

G209

B46

Red236 (92.5%)

Green209 (82%)

Blue46 (18%)

Hue51.47°

Saturation (HSL)83.33%

Lightness55.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G D1 · B 2E

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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