Recognised as Colour

#ECDB69

#ECDB69
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECDB69 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 219, 105 and HSL 52°, 78%, 67%. 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

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HEX#ECDB69

RGBrgb(236, 219, 105)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8588, 0.4118

RGB percentages92.5%, 85.9%, 41.2%

HSLhsl(52.2, 77.5%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 55.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.2%, 55.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,522,665

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDB69;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69516WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.9:1

Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#132496

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD55Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DC6Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FCCEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 50.5 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 text14.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 12.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 22.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 25.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 26.6 Gold · ΔE 30.6 Navajo white · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#697AEC

Analogous#EC9969, #BCEC69

Triadic#69ECDB, #DB69EC

Split complementary#69BBEC, #9A69EC

Tetradic#69EC9A, #697AEC, #EC69BB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFCF1

Lighter +20%#F7F1C4

Lighter +10%#F2E696

Darker −10%#E6D03C

Darker −20%#D4BC1B

Darker −30%#A79415

Darker −40%#7A6C0F

More saturated +25%#FFE956

Less saturated −25%#D7CB7E

Channel breakdown

R236

G219

B105

Red236 (92.5%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue105 (41.2%)

Hue52.21°

Saturation (HSL)77.51%

Lightness66.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DB · B 69

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Colour values

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