Colour

#ECE274

#ECE274
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECE274 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 226, 116 and HSL 55°, 76%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECE274#ECE274

HEX#ECE274

RGBrgb(236, 226, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8863, 0.4549

RGB percentages92.5%, 88.6%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(55, 75.9%, 69%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55, 50.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 50.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,524,468

CSS custom property--colour: #ECE274;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73487WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.7:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#131D8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DB6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E179no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FBD5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 30 Navajo white · ΔE 30.3 Moccasin · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#747EEC

Analogous#ECA674, #BAEC74

Triadic#74ECE2, #E274EC

Split complementary#74BAEC, #A674EC

Tetradic#74ECA6, #747EEC, #EC74BA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FEFEFB

Lighter +20%#F8F5CE

Lighter +10%#F2EBA1

Darker −10%#E6D947

Darker −20%#DCCC1E

Darker −30%#AFA218

Darker −40%#827912

More saturated +25%#FFF261

Less saturated −25%#D8D288

Channel breakdown

R236

G226

B116

Red236 (92.5%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue55°

Saturation (HSL)75.95%

Lightness69.02%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G E2 · B 74

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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