Recognised as Colour

#ECDA8F

#ECDA8F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECDA8F is a yellow with RGB values 236, 218, 143 and HSL 48°, 71%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECDA8F#ECDA8F

HEX#ECDA8F

RGBrgb(236, 218, 143)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8549, 0.5608

RGB percentages92.5%, 85.5%, 56.1%

HSLhsl(48.4, 71%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 39.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.6%, 39.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,522,447

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDA8F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.99:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#132570

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D689no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDDD92no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 8.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.7 Navajo white · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.3 Moccasin · ΔE 15.2 Wheat · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 8.26, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8FA1EC

Analogous#ECAB8F, #D0EC8F

Triadic#8FECDA, #DA8FEC

Split complementary#8FD0EC, #AC8FEC

Tetradic#8FECAB, #8FA1EC, #EC8FD0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF7E6

Lighter +10%#F3E8BB

Darker −10%#E5CC63

Darker −20%#DDBD38

Darker −30%#C1A221

Darker −40%#967E19

More saturated +25%#FCE47F

Less saturated −25%#DCD09F

Channel breakdown

R236

G218

B143

Red236 (92.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue143 (56.1%)

Hue48.39°

Saturation (HSL)70.99%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DA · B 8F

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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