Recognised as Colour
#ECDEB2
- #ECDEB2
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#ECDEB2 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 222, 178 and HSL 46°, 60%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#ECDEB2#ECDEB2
HEX#ECDEB2
RGBrgb(236, 222, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8706, 0.698
RGB percentages92.5%, 87.1%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(45.5, 60.4%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(45.5, 24.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 5.9%, 24.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,523,506
CSS custom property--colour: #ECDEB2;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.7329WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.66:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#13214D
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.66:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#B2C0EC
Analogous#ECC1B2, #DDECB2
Triadic#B2ECDE, #DEB2EC
Split complementary#B2DDEC, #C1B2EC
Tetradic#B2ECC1, #B2C0EC, #ECB2DD
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R236
G222
B178
Red236 (92.5%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue45.52°
Saturation (HSL)60.42%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G DE · B B2
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