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Colour

#ECE2B2

  • #ECE2B2
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#ECE2B2 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 226, 178 and HSL 50°, 60%, 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 Wheat.

Colour values

#ECE2B2#ECE2B2
HEX#ECE2B2
RGBrgb(236, 226, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8863, 0.698
RGB percentages92.5%, 88.6%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(49.7, 60.4%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 24.6%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 4.2%, 24.6%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,524,530
CSS custom property--colour: #ECE2B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7544WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.09:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#131D4D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECDFAFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#EFE3B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F5DBD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 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 text16.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.6Moccasin · ΔE 7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.2Lemon chiffon · ΔE 8.5Navajo white · ΔE 9.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 9.8
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.58, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2BCEC
Analogous#ECC5B2, #D9ECB2
Triadic#B2ECE2, #E2B2EC
Split complementary#B2D9EC, #C5B2EC
Tetradic#B2ECC5, #B2BCEC, #ECB2D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6F1DB
Darker −10%#E2D389
Darker −20%#D8C360
Darker −30%#CEB437
Darker −40%#A8932A
More saturated +25%#F8EAA6
Less saturated −25%#E0DABE

Channel breakdown

R236
G226
B178
Red236 (92.5%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue49.66°
Saturation (HSL)60.42%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G E2 · B B2

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