Colour

#ECD553

#ECD553
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECD553 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 213, 83 and HSL 51°, 80%, 63%. 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

#ECD553#ECD553

HEX#ECD553

RGBrgb(236, 213, 83)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8353, 0.3255

RGB percentages92.5%, 83.5%, 32.5%

HSLhsl(51, 80.1%, 62.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 64.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 9.7%, 64.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,521,107

CSS custom property--colour: #ECD553;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness209.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.21:1

Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#132AAC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D043no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFD85Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#FDC6BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.9 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 text14.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 21.1 Gold · ΔE 22.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.2 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 30.7 Yellow green · ΔE 32.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#536AEC

Analogous#EC8953, #B6EC53

Triadic#53ECD5, #D553EC

Split complementary#53B6EC, #8953EC

Tetradic#53EC89, #536AEC, #EC53B6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF7DD

Lighter +20%#F6EBAF

Lighter +10%#F1E081

Darker −10%#E7CA25

Darker −20%#C3A916

Darker −30%#958111

Darker −40%#685A0B

More saturated +25%#FFE240

Less saturated −25%#D4C46B

Channel breakdown

R236

G213

B83

Red236 (92.5%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue83 (32.5%)

Hue50.98°

Saturation (HSL)80.1%

Lightness62.55%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G D5 · B 53

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Colour values

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