Recognised as Colour

#ECDF95

#ECDF95
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECDF95 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 223, 149 and HSL 51°, 70%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#ECDF95

RGBrgb(236, 223, 149)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8745, 0.5843

RGB percentages92.5%, 87.5%, 58.4%

HSLhsl(51, 69.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(51, 36.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.5%, 36.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,523,733

CSS custom property--colour: #ECDF95;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72778WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.56:1

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

Contrast with black15.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#13206A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDDB90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0E098no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F8D5CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.5 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 text15.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.6 Khaki · ΔE 7.9 Navajo white · ΔE 14.4 Moccasin · ΔE 14.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.3 Wheat · ΔE 15.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#95A2EC

Analogous#ECB395, #CDEC95

Triadic#95ECDF, #DF95EC

Split complementary#95CDEC, #B395EC

Tetradic#95ECB3, #95A2EC, #EC95CD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF9EB

Lighter +10%#F4ECC0

Darker −10%#E4D26A

Darker −20%#DCC53F

Darker −30%#C5AD23

Darker −40%#99871C

More saturated +25%#FCEA85

Less saturated −25%#DCD4A5

Channel breakdown

R236

G223

B149

Red236 (92.5%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue149 (58.4%)

Hue51.03°

Saturation (HSL)69.6%

Lightness75.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G DF · B 95

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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