Recognised as Colour

#ECD32D

#ECD32D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECD32D is a yellow with RGB values 236, 211, 45 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

#ECD32D#ECD32D

HEX#ECD32D

RGBrgb(236, 211, 45)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8275, 0.1765

RGB percentages92.5%, 82.7%, 17.6%

HSLhsl(52.1, 83.4%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 80.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 10.6%, 80.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,520,557

CSS custom property--colour: #ECD32D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64611WCAG 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#132CD2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFD63Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC3B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 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 11.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Yellow · ΔE 25.7 Orange · ΔE 32.6 Khaki · ΔE 33 Yellow green · ΔE 33.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2D46EC

Analogous#EC742D, #A5EC2D

Triadic#2DECD3, #D32DEC

Split complementary#2DA5EC, #742DEC

Tetradic#2DEC74, #2D46EC, #EC2DA5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFAE8

Lighter +30%#F9F0B9

Lighter +20%#F4E78B

Lighter +10%#F0DD5C

Darker −10%#D3BA13

Darker −20%#A4910F

Darker −30%#75670B

Darker −40%#473E06

More saturated +25%#FFE11A

Less saturated −25%#CFBE4A

Channel breakdown

R236

G211

B45

Red236 (92.5%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue45 (17.6%)

Hue52.15°

Saturation (HSL)83.41%

Lightness55.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G D3 · B 2D

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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