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Recognised as Colour

#ECE2AF

  • #ECE2AF
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECE2AF is a yellow with RGB values 236, 226, 175 and HSL 50°, 62%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#ECE2AF#ECE2AF
HEX#ECE2AF
RGBrgb(236, 226, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8863, 0.6863
RGB percentages92.5%, 88.6%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(50.2, 61.6%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.2, 25.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 4.2%, 25.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,524,527
CSS custom property--colour: #ECE2AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.06:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#131D50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECDFACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFE3B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F6DBD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 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 text16.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.8Wheat · ΔE 6.3Moccasin · ΔE 7.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.1Navajo white · ΔE 9.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.81, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFB9EC
Analogous#ECC3AF, #D8ECAF
Triadic#AFECE2, #E2AFEC
Split complementary#AFD8EC, #C4AFEC
Tetradic#AFECC3, #AFB9EC, #ECAFD8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6F1D8
Darker −10%#E2D386
Darker −20%#D8C45D
Darker −30%#CFB533
Darker −40%#A79228
More saturated +25%#F8EAA3
Less saturated −25%#E0DABB

Channel breakdown

R236
G226
B175
Red236 (92.5%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue50.16°
Saturation (HSL)61.62%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G E2 · B AF

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