Colour

#ECDC99

#ECDC99
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECDC99 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 220, 153 and HSL 48°, 69%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#ECDC99

RGBrgb(236, 220, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8627, 0.6

RGB percentages92.5%, 86.3%, 60%

HSLhsl(48.4, 68.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 35.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 6.8%, 35.2%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,522,969

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDC99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71319WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.5 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#132366

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9D994no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEDE9Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F8D2CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 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

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.2 Navajo white · ΔE 11.2 Khaki · ΔE 11.5 Moccasin · ΔE 11.5 Wheat · ΔE 12.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.21, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#99A9EC

Analogous#ECB399, #D3EC99

Triadic#99ECDC, #DC99EC

Split complementary#99D3EC, #B299EC

Tetradic#99ECB2, #99A9EC, #EC99D3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFAEF

Lighter +10%#F4EBC4

Darker −10%#E4CD6E

Darker −20%#DCBE43

Darker −30%#C7A825

Darker −40%#9C831D

More saturated +25%#FBE58A

Less saturated −25%#DDD3A8

Channel breakdown

R236

G220

B153

Red236 (92.5%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue48.43°

Saturation (HSL)68.6%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DC · B 99

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Colour values

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Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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