Colour

#ECD75B

#ECD75B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECD75B is a yellow with RGB values 236, 215, 91 and HSL 51°, 79%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECD75B#ECD75B

HEX#ECD75B

RGBrgb(236, 215, 91)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8431, 0.3569

RGB percentages92.5%, 84.3%, 35.7%

HSLhsl(51.3, 79.2%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 61.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.9%, 61.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,521,627

CSS custom property--colour: #ECD75B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67189WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.44:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#1328A4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD14Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0D961no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#FDC9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 17.9 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.5 Gold · ΔE 25.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.9 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 31.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 17.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5B70EC

Analogous#EC8F5B, #B9EC5B

Triadic#5BECD7, #D75BEC

Split complementary#5BB8EC, #8F5BEC

Tetradic#5BEC8F, #5B70EC, #EC5BB8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF8E4

Lighter +20%#F7EDB6

Lighter +10%#F1E289

Darker −10%#E7CC2D

Darker −20%#CAB017

Darker −30%#9C8812

Darker −40%#6E600D

More saturated +25%#FFE448

Less saturated −25%#D5C772

Channel breakdown

R236

G215

B91

Red236 (92.5%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue91 (35.7%)

Hue51.31°

Saturation (HSL)79.23%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G D7 · B 5B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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