Colour

#ECDEA3

#ECDEA3
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECDEA3 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 222, 163 and HSL 48°, 66%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#ECDEA3#ECDEA3

HEX#ECDEA3

RGBrgb(236, 222, 163)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8706, 0.6392

RGB percentages92.5%, 87.1%, 63.9%

HSLhsl(48.5, 65.8%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 30.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 30.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,523,491

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDEA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7272WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.54:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#13215C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EADB9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEE0A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F7D5CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.4 Moccasin · ΔE 8.4 Wheat · ΔE 8.7 Navajo white · ΔE 9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 12.7 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 14.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.45, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A3B1EC

Analogous#ECB9A3, #D6ECA3

Triadic#A3ECDE, #DEA3EC

Split complementary#A3D6EC, #BAA3EC

Tetradic#A3ECB9, #A3B1EC, #ECA3D5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFCF8

Lighter +10%#F5EDCD

Darker −10%#E3CF79

Darker −20%#DBC04E

Darker −30%#CCAD2A

Darker −40%#A28921

More saturated +25%#FAE795

Less saturated −25%#DED5B1

Channel breakdown

R236

G222

B163

Red236 (92.5%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue163 (63.9%)

Hue48.49°

Saturation (HSL)65.77%

Lightness78.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DE · B A3

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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