Recognised as Colour

#ECDC8D

#ECDC8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECDC8D is a yellow with RGB values 236, 220, 141 and HSL 50°, 71%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECDC8D#ECDC8D

HEX#ECDC8D

RGBrgb(236, 220, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8627, 0.5529

RGB percentages92.5%, 86.3%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(49.9, 71.4%, 73.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.9, 40.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 40.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,522,957

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDC8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70942WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.19:1

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

Contrast with black15.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#132372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAD887no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDE90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D1C8no 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 text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.5 Navajo white · ΔE 16.2 Moccasin · ΔE 17 Wheat · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8D9DEC

Analogous#ECAD8D, #CDEC8D

Triadic#8DECDC, #DC8DEC

Split complementary#8DCDEC, #AC8DEC

Tetradic#8DECAD, #8D9DEC, #EC8DCD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF7E4

Lighter +10%#F3E9B9

Darker −10%#E5CF61

Darker −20%#DDC136

Darker −30%#C0A520

Darker −40%#947F19

More saturated +25%#FDE77C

Less saturated −25%#DBD19E

Channel breakdown

R236

G220

B141

Red236 (92.5%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue49.89°

Saturation (HSL)71.43%

Lightness73.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DC · B 8D

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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