Recognised as Colour

#ECE291

#ECE291
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECE291 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 226, 145 and HSL 53°, 71%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECE291#ECE291

HEX#ECE291

RGBrgb(236, 226, 145)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8863, 0.5686

RGB percentages92.5%, 88.6%, 56.9%

HSLhsl(53.4, 70.5%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 38.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 38.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,524,497

CSS custom property--colour: #ECE291;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7427WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.85:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#131D6E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0DD8Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3E294no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D8CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.1 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.8 Navajo white · ΔE 17.8 Moccasin · ΔE 18 Wheat · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.46, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#919BEC

Analogous#ECB491, #C9EC91

Triadic#91ECE2, #E291EC

Split complementary#91C9EC, #B491EC

Tetradic#91ECB4, #919BEC, #EC91C9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF9E8

Lighter +10%#F4EDBC

Darker −10%#E4D766

Darker −20%#DDCB3A

Darker −30%#C2B122

Darker −40%#97891A

More saturated +25%#FCEF81

Less saturated −25%#DCD5A1

Channel breakdown

R236

G226

B145

Red236 (92.5%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue145 (56.9%)

Hue53.41°

Saturation (HSL)70.54%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G E2 · B 91

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