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Recognised as Colour

#ECD379

  • #ECD379
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#ECD379 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 211, 121 and HSL 47°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECD379#ECD379
HEX#ECD379
RGBrgb(236, 211, 121)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8275, 0.4745
RGB percentages92.5%, 82.7%, 47.5%
HSLhsl(47, 75.2%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47, 48.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 10.6%, 48.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,520,633
CSS custom property--colour: #ECD379;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65802WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.16:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#132C86

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4CF71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#EAD77Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FBC7BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.6Dark khaki · ΔE 15.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 18.2Navajo white · ΔE 21.2Burlywood · ΔE 21.5Moccasin · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7992EC
Analogous#EC9A79, #CBEC79
Triadic#79ECD3, #D379EC
Split complementary#79CBEC, #9A79EC
Tetradic#79EC99, #7992EC, #EC79CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9F0D2
Lighter +10%#F2E2A6
Darker −10%#E6C44C
Darker −20%#DFB620
Darker −30%#B39119
Darker −40%#866D13
More saturated +25%#FFDE66
Less saturated −25%#D9C88C

Channel breakdown

R236
G211
B121
Red236 (92.5%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue121 (47.5%)
Hue46.96°
Saturation (HSL)75.16%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G D3 · B 79

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