Recognised as Colour

#ECDD91

#ECDD91
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECDD91 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 221, 145 and HSL 50°, 71%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

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HEX#ECDD91

RGBrgb(236, 221, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8667, 0.5686

RGB percentages92.5%, 86.7%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(50.1, 70.5%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 38.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 6.4%, 38.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,523,217

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDD91;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7159WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.32:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#13226E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD98Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#EFDF94no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D3CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.8 Navajo white · ΔE 15 Moccasin · ΔE 15.6 Wheat · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.25, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#91A0EC

Analogous#ECB091, #CEEC91

Triadic#91ECDD, #DD91EC

Split complementary#91CEEC, #AF91EC

Tetradic#91ECAF, #91A0EC, #EC91CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF8E8

Lighter +10%#F4EABC

Darker −10%#E4D066

Darker −20%#DDC23A

Darker −30%#C2A822

Darker −40%#97821A

More saturated +25%#FCE881

Less saturated −25%#DCD2A1

Channel breakdown

R236

G221

B145

Red236 (92.5%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue50.11°

Saturation (HSL)70.54%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DD · B 91

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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