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Recognised as Colour

#ECD98A

  • #ECD98A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#ECD98A is a yellow with RGB values 236, 217, 138 and HSL 48°, 72%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECD98A#ECD98A
HEX#ECD98A
RGBrgb(236, 217, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.851, 0.5412
RGB percentages92.5%, 85.1%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(48.4, 72.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 41.5%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 8.1%, 41.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,522,186
CSS custom property--colour: #ECD98A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#132675

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E8D584no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EDDC8Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#FACEC5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.6Dark khaki · ΔE 14.2Navajo white · ΔE 16Moccasin · ΔE 17.1Wheat · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A9DEC
Analogous#ECA88A, #CEEC8A
Triadic#8AECD9, #D98AEC
Split complementary#8ACEEC, #A88AEC
Tetradic#8AECA8, #8A9DEC, #EC8ACE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAF6E2
Lighter +10%#F3E7B6
Darker −10%#E5CB5E
Darker −20%#DEBC32
Darker −30%#BE9F1F
Darker −40%#927A18
More saturated +25%#FDE379
Less saturated −25%#DBCF9B

Channel breakdown

R236
G217
B138
Red236 (92.5%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue48.37°
Saturation (HSL)72.06%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G D9 · B 8A

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