Recognised as Colour

#ECDE85

#ECDE85
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECDE85 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 222, 133 and HSL 52°, 73%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECDE85#ECDE85

HEX#ECDE85

RGBrgb(236, 222, 133)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8706, 0.5216

RGB percentages92.5%, 87.1%, 52.2%

HSLhsl(51.8, 73%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 43.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 43.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,523,461

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDE85;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71769WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.35:1

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

Contrast with black15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#13217A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD97Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1DF89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 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 text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.7 Navajo white · ΔE 20.8 Moccasin · ΔE 21.6 Wheat · ΔE 23

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.04, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8593EC

Analogous#ECAB85, #C7EC85

Triadic#85ECDE, #DE85EC

Split complementary#85C6EC, #AB85EC

Tetradic#85ECAB, #8593EC, #EC85C6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF6DD

Lighter +10%#F3EAB1

Darker −10%#E5D259

Darker −20%#DEC62D

Darker −30%#BBA51D

Darker −40%#8F7E16

More saturated +25%#FEEB73

Less saturated −25%#DAD197

Channel breakdown

R236

G222

B133

Red236 (92.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue133 (52.2%)

Hue51.84°

Saturation (HSL)73.05%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DE · B 85

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

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