Recognised as Colour

#ECE297

#ECE297
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECE297 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 226, 151 and HSL 53°, 69%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#ECE297#ECE297

HEX#ECE297

RGBrgb(236, 226, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8863, 0.5922

RGB percentages92.5%, 88.6%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(52.9, 69.1%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.9, 36%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 36%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,524,503

CSS custom property--colour: #ECE297;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7446WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.89:1

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

Contrast with black15.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#131D68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EFDD92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3E29Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original

Tritanopia#F8D8CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34 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 text15.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.2 Khaki · ΔE 7.3 Navajo white · ΔE 15.3 Moccasin · ΔE 15.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.9 Wheat · ΔE 16.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.23, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97A1EC

Analogous#ECB797, #CBEC97

Triadic#97ECE2, #E297EC

Split complementary#97CBEC, #B897EC

Tetradic#97ECB7, #97A1EC, #EC97CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFAED

Lighter +10%#F4EEC2

Darker −10%#E4D66C

Darker −20%#DCCA41

Darker −30%#C6B324

Darker −40%#9B8C1C

More saturated +25%#FBEE88

Less saturated −25%#DDD6A6

Channel breakdown

R236

G226

B151

Red236 (92.5%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue52.94°

Saturation (HSL)69.11%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G E2 · B 97

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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