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Colour

#ECD778

  • #ECD778
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#ECD778 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 215, 120 and HSL 49°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECD778#ECD778
HEX#ECD778
RGBrgb(236, 215, 120)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8431, 0.4706
RGB percentages92.5%, 84.3%, 47.1%
HSLhsl(49.1, 75.3%, 69.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 49.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 49.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,521,656
CSS custom property--colour: #ECD778;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.56:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#132887

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D370no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDDA7Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FBCBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.3Dark khaki · ΔE 16.4Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.1Navajo white · ΔE 23.3Burlywood · ΔE 24.3Moccasin · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#788DEC
Analogous#EC9D78, #C7EC78
Triadic#78ECD7, #D778EC
Split complementary#78C7EC, #9D78EC
Tetradic#78EC9D, #788DEC, #EC78C7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFE
Lighter +20%#F9F1D1
Lighter +10%#F2E4A5
Darker −10%#E6CA4B
Darker −20%#DFBC1F
Darker −30%#B29619
Darker −40%#857113
More saturated +25%#FFE365
Less saturated −25%#D9CB8B

Channel breakdown

R236
G215
B120
Red236 (92.5%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue120 (47.1%)
Hue49.14°
Saturation (HSL)75.32%
Lightness69.8%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G D7 · B 78

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