Recognised as Colour

#ECDE15

#ECDE15
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECDE15 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 222, 21 and HSL 56°, 85%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#ECDE15#ECDE15

HEX#ECDE15

RGBrgb(236, 222, 21)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8706, 0.0824

RGB percentages92.5%, 87.1%, 8.2%

HSLhsl(56.1, 85%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.1, 91.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 91.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,523,349

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDE15;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.03:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#1321EA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3D600no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8DD2Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCEBDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 11.7 Yellow · ΔE 16.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.4 Yellow green · ΔE 32.2 Orange · ΔE 39.5 Green yellow · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1523EC

Analogous#EC7215, #8FEC15

Triadic#15ECDE, #DE15EC

Split complementary#158FEC, #7215EC

Tetradic#15EC72, #1523EC, #EC158F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBF9D2

Lighter +30%#F7F2A3

Lighter +20%#F4EB73

Lighter +10%#F0E544

Darker −10%#BFB30F

Darker −20%#8F870C

Darker −30%#605A08

Darker −40%#312E04

More saturated +25%#FFEF02

Less saturated −25%#CCC235

Channel breakdown

R236

G222

B21

Red236 (92.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue21 (8.2%)

Hue56.09°

Saturation (HSL)84.98%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DE · B 15

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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