Recognised as Colour

#ECDBA8

#ECDBA8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#ECDBA8 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 219, 168 and HSL 45°, 64%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#ECDBA8#ECDBA8

HEX#ECDBA8

RGBrgb(236, 219, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8588, 0.6588

RGB percentages92.5%, 85.9%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(45, 64.2%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45, 28.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 7.2%, 28.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,522,728

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDBA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71323WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.26:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#132457

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6D9A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#EBDEAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F7D3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.9 Moccasin · ΔE 5.9 Navajo white · ΔE 6.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.6 Bisque · ΔE 11.2 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.8

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.91, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A8B9EC

Analogous#ECB9A8, #DBECA8

Triadic#A8ECDB, #DBA8EC

Split complementary#A8DBEC, #B9A8EC

Tetradic#A8ECB9, #A8B9EC, #ECA8DB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFC

Lighter +10%#F5ECD2

Darker −10%#E3CA7E

Darker −20%#DAB854

Darker −30%#CEA62D

Darker −40%#A48424

More saturated +25%#F9E29B

Less saturated −25%#DFD4B5

Channel breakdown

R236

G219

B168

Red236 (92.5%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue45°

Saturation (HSL)64.15%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DB · B A8

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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