Recognised as Colour

#ECE37A

#ECE37A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECE37A is a yellow with RGB values 236, 227, 122 and HSL 55°, 75%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECE37A#ECE37A

HEX#ECE37A

RGBrgb(236, 227, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8902, 0.4784

RGB percentages92.5%, 89%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(55.3, 75%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.3, 48.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 48.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,524,730

CSS custom property--colour: #ECE37A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74176WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.84:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#131C85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DC71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E27Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.4 Navajo white · ΔE 28.2 Moccasin · ΔE 29 Wheat · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7A83EC

Analogous#ECAA7A, #BCEC7A

Triadic#7AECE3, #E37AEC

Split complementary#7ABCEC, #AA7AEC

Tetradic#7AECAA, #7A83EC, #EC7ABC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F9F6D3

Lighter +10%#F2ECA7

Darker −10%#E6DA4D

Darker −20%#DFD021

Darker −30%#B3A71A

Darker −40%#877E13

More saturated +25%#FFF367

Less saturated −25%#D9D38D

Channel breakdown

R236

G227

B122

Red236 (92.5%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue55.26°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness70.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G E3 · B 7A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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