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Recognised as Colour

#ECD786

  • #ECD786
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#ECD786 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 215, 134 and HSL 48°, 73%, 73%. 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

#ECD786#ECD786
HEX#ECD786
RGBrgb(236, 215, 134)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8431, 0.5255
RGB percentages92.5%, 84.3%, 52.5%
HSLhsl(47.6, 72.9%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.6, 43.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.9%, 43.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,521,670
CSS custom property--colour: #ECD786;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.63:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#132879

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6D380no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ECDA89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#FACCC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.9 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 text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.3Pale goldenrod · ΔE 13.1Dark khaki · ΔE 14.1Navajo white · ΔE 16.9Moccasin · ΔE 18.2Burlywood · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.29, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#869BEC
Analogous#ECA486, #CEEC86
Triadic#86ECD7, #D786EC
Split complementary#86CEEC, #A486EC
Tetradic#86ECA4, #869BEC, #EC86CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF4DE
Lighter +10%#F3E6B2
Darker −10%#E5C85A
Darker −20%#DEBA2E
Darker −30%#BC9B1D
Darker −40%#8F7717
More saturated +25%#FEE175
Less saturated −25%#DBCD98

Channel breakdown

R236
G215
B134
Red236 (92.5%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue134 (52.5%)
Hue47.65°
Saturation (HSL)72.86%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G D7 · B 86

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