Recognised as Colour

#ECD32C

#ECD32C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECD32C is a yellow with RGB values 236, 211, 44 and HSL 52°, 83%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#ECD32C#ECD32C

HEX#ECD32C

RGBrgb(236, 211, 44)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8275, 0.1725

RGB percentages92.5%, 82.7%, 17.3%

HSLhsl(52.2, 83.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 81.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 81.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,520,556

CSS custom property--colour: #ECD32C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.92:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#132CD3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFD63Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC3B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.3 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.6 Yellow · ΔE 25.6 Orange · ΔE 32.6 Khaki · ΔE 33.2 Yellow green · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2C45EC

Analogous#EC732C, #A5EC2C

Triadic#2CECD3, #D32CEC

Split complementary#2CA5EC, #732CEC

Tetradic#2CEC73, #2C45EC, #EC2CA5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFAE7

Lighter +30%#F9F0B8

Lighter +20%#F4E78A

Lighter +10%#F0DD5B

Darker −10%#D2B913

Darker −20%#A3900F

Darker −30%#75670A

Darker −40%#463D06

More saturated +25%#FFE119

Less saturated −25%#CFBE49

Channel breakdown

R236

G211

B44

Red236 (92.5%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue44 (17.3%)

Hue52.19°

Saturation (HSL)83.48%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G D3 · B 2C

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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