Recognised as Colour

#ECDE92

#ECDE92
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECDE92 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 222, 146 and HSL 51°, 70%, 75%. 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

#ECDE92#ECDE92

HEX#ECDE92

RGBrgb(236, 222, 146)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8706, 0.5725

RGB percentages92.5%, 87.1%, 57.3%

HSLhsl(50.7, 70.3%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.7, 38.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 38.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,523,474

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDE92;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72151WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.43:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#13216D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECDA8Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DF95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D4CBno 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 text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.1 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 8.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 14.9 Navajo white · ΔE 15.1 Moccasin · ΔE 15.6 Wheat · ΔE 16.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.1, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#92A0EC

Analogous#ECB192, #CDEC92

Triadic#92ECDE, #DE92EC

Split complementary#92CDEC, #B192EC

Tetradic#92ECB1, #92A0EC, #EC92CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF8E9

Lighter +10%#F4EBBD

Darker −10%#E4D167

Darker −20%#DDC43B

Darker −30%#C3AA22

Darker −40%#98841A

More saturated +25%#FCE982

Less saturated −25%#DCD3A2

Channel breakdown

R236

G222

B146

Red236 (92.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue146 (57.3%)

Hue50.67°

Saturation (HSL)70.31%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DE · B 92

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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