Recognised as Colour

#ECE0AA

#ECE0AA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECE0AA is a yellow with RGB values 236, 224, 170 and HSL 49°, 63%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#ECE0AA#ECE0AA

HEX#ECE0AA

RGBrgb(236, 224, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8784, 0.6667

RGB percentages92.5%, 87.8%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(49.1, 63.5%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.1, 28%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 5.1%, 28%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,524,010

CSS custom property--colour: #ECE0AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74046WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.81:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#131F55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBDDA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#EEE1ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#F6D8D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5 Wheat · ΔE 6.9 Moccasin · ΔE 7.2 Navajo white · ΔE 8.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.5 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.96, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AAB6EC

Analogous#ECBFAA, #D7ECAA

Triadic#AAECE0, #E0AAEC

Split complementary#AAD7EC, #BFAAEC

Tetradic#AAECBF, #AAB6EC, #ECAAD7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFD

Lighter +10%#F5EFD4

Darker −10%#E3D180

Darker −20%#D9C257

Darker −30%#CFB22E

Darker −40%#A58E25

More saturated +25%#F9E89D

Less saturated −25%#DFD8B7

Channel breakdown

R236

G224

B170

Red236 (92.5%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue49.09°

Saturation (HSL)63.46%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G E0 · B AA

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