Colour

#ECD94B

#ECD94B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECD94B is a yellow with RGB values 236, 217, 75 and HSL 53°, 81%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

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HEX#ECD94B

RGBrgb(236, 217, 75)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.851, 0.2941

RGB percentages92.5%, 85.1%, 29.4%

HSLhsl(52.9, 80.9%, 61%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 68.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.1%, 68.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,522,123

CSS custom property--colour: #ECD94B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67967WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.59:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#1326B4

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD336no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DB54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FECABCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 60.7 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 text14.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.3 Khaki · ΔE 24.5 Yellow · ΔE 30.4 Yellow green · ΔE 30.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B5EEC

Analogous#EC894B, #AEEC4B

Triadic#4BECD9, #D94BEC

Split complementary#4BAEEC, #894BEC

Tetradic#4BEC89, #4B5EEC, #EC4BAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FBF6D5

Lighter +20%#F6ECA7

Lighter +10%#F1E379

Darker −10%#E7CF1D

Darker −20%#BDA914

Darker −30%#8F800F

Darker −40%#61570A

More saturated +25%#FFE838

Less saturated −25%#D3C664

Channel breakdown

R236

G217

B75

Red236 (92.5%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue75 (29.4%)

Hue52.92°

Saturation (HSL)80.9%

Lightness60.98%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G D9 · B 4B

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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