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Colour

#ECD870

  • #ECD870
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#ECD870 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 216, 112 and HSL 50°, 77%, 68%. 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

#ECD870#ECD870
HEX#ECD870
RGBrgb(236, 216, 112)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8471, 0.4392
RGB percentages92.5%, 84.7%, 43.9%
HSLhsl(50.3, 76.5%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 52.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.5%, 52.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,521,904
CSS custom property--colour: #ECD870;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68114WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.62:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#13278F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9D366no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFDA75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FCCBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.6 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 text14.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7Dark khaki · ΔE 19Pale goldenrod · ΔE 22.8Goldenrod · ΔE 26.3Navajo white · ΔE 27.4Burlywood · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.68, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7084EC
Analogous#EC9A70, #C2EC70
Triadic#70ECD8, #D870EC
Split complementary#70C2EC, #9A70EC
Tetradic#70EC9A, #7084EC, #EC70C2

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDF7
Lighter +20%#F8F1CA
Lighter +10%#F2E49D
Darker −10%#E6CC43
Darker −20%#D9BB1D
Darker −30%#AC9417
Darker −40%#7F6D11
More saturated +25%#FFE55D
Less saturated −25%#D8CA84

Channel breakdown

R236
G216
B112
Red236 (92.5%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue112 (43.9%)
Hue50.32°
Saturation (HSL)76.54%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G D8 · B 70

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