Colour

#ECE2AC

#ECE2AC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECE2AC is a yellow with RGB values 236, 226, 172 and HSL 51°, 63%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#ECE2AC#ECE2AC

HEX#ECE2AC

RGBrgb(236, 226, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8863, 0.6745

RGB percentages92.5%, 88.6%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(50.6, 62.7%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 27.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 27.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,524,524

CSS custom property--colour: #ECE2AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.04:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#131D53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDDFA8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0E3AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F6DAD4no 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 text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.5 Wheat · ΔE 7.3 Moccasin · ΔE 7.7 Navajo white · ΔE 9.4 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.8 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)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#ACB6EC

Analogous#ECC2AC, #D6ECAC

Triadic#ACECE2, #E2ACEC

Split complementary#ACD6EC, #C2ACEC

Tetradic#ACECC2, #ACB6EC, #ECACD6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F6F1D6

Darker −10%#E3D483

Darker −20%#D9C559

Darker −30%#D0B72F

Darker −40%#A69226

More saturated +25%#F9EB9F

Less saturated −25%#DFD9B9

Channel breakdown

R236

G226

B172

Red236 (92.5%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue50.62°

Saturation (HSL)62.75%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G E2 · B AC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#ECE2AC

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else