Colour

#ECDA57

#ECDA57
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECDA57 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 218, 87 and HSL 53°, 80%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#ECDA57

RGBrgb(236, 218, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8549, 0.3412

RGB percentages92.5%, 85.5%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(52.8, 79.7%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.8, 63.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 63.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,522,391

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDA57;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68664WCAG 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 14.73:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#1325A8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD447no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DB5Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FDCCBEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 20 Gold · ΔE 23.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 28.4 Yellow green · ΔE 30.7 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 33

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 20.04, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5769EC

Analogous#EC8F57, #B4EC57

Triadic#57ECDA, #DA57EC

Split complementary#57B4EC, #8F57EC

Tetradic#57EC8F, #5769EC, #EC57B4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCF8E0

Lighter +20%#F6EEB3

Lighter +10%#F1E485

Darker −10%#E7D029

Darker −20%#C7B116

Darker −30%#998811

Darker −40%#6B5F0C

More saturated +25%#FFE844

Less saturated −25%#D5C86E

Channel breakdown

R236

G218

B87

Red236 (92.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue52.75°

Saturation (HSL)79.68%

Lightness63.33%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DA · B 57

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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