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Recognised as Colour

#ECE3AE

  • #ECE3AE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECE3AE is a yellow with RGB values 236, 227, 174 and HSL 51°, 62%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#ECE3AE#ECE3AE
HEX#ECE3AE
RGBrgb(236, 227, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.8902, 0.6824
RGB percentages92.5%, 89%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(51.3, 62%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.3, 26.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 26.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,524,782
CSS custom property--colour: #ECE3AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#131C51

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDE0ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0E3B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F6DBD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.7Wheat · ΔE 7.3Moccasin · ΔE 7.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.2Navajo white · ΔE 9.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.74, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEB7EC
Analogous#ECC4AE, #D6ECAE
Triadic#AEECE3, #E3AEEC
Split complementary#AED6EC, #C4AEEC
Tetradic#AEECC4, #AEB7EC, #ECAED6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F6F1D7
Darker −10%#E2D585
Darker −20%#D9C65B
Darker −30%#CFB832
Darker −40%#A79427
More saturated +25%#F9ECA2
Less saturated −25%#E0DABB

Channel breakdown

R236
G227
B174
Red236 (92.5%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue51.29°
Saturation (HSL)62%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G E3 · B AE

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