Recognised as Colour

#ECE13A

#ECE13A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#ECE13A is a yellow with RGB values 236, 225, 58 and HSL 56°, 82%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#ECE13A#ECE13A

HEX#ECE13A

RGBrgb(236, 225, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8824, 0.2275

RGB percentages92.5%, 88.2%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(56.3, 82.4%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.3, 75.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.7%, 75.4%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,524,154

CSS custom property--colour: #ECE13A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71989WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.4:1

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

Contrast with black15.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7

Inverted#131EC5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5D910no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E047no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FED2C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.6 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 text15.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 15.8 Yellow · ΔE 21.3 Yellow green · ΔE 28.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.3 Khaki · ΔE 32.3 Green yellow · ΔE 39.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 15.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A45EC

Analogous#EC883A, #9EEC3A

Triadic#3AECE1, #E13AEC

Split complementary#3A9EEC, #883AEC

Tetradic#3AEC88, #3A45EC, #EC3A9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFDF4

Lighter +30%#F9F6C6

Lighter +20%#F5EF97

Lighter +10%#F0E869

Darker −10%#DED115

Darker −20%#AFA511

Darker −30%#81790C

Darker −40%#524E08

More saturated +25%#FFF227

Less saturated −25%#D1C955

Channel breakdown

R236

G225

B58

Red236 (92.5%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue56.29°

Saturation (HSL)82.41%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G E1 · B 3A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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