Recognised as Colour

#ECE5AB

#ECE5AB
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECE5AB is a yellow with RGB values 236, 229, 171 and HSL 54°, 63%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

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HEX#ECE5AB

RGBrgb(236, 229, 171)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.898, 0.6706

RGB percentages92.5%, 89.8%, 67.1%

HSLhsl(53.5, 63.1%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 27.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 3%, 27.5%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,525,291

CSS custom property--colour: #ECE5AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76812WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.36:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#131A54

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0E1A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2E5ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F6DDD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 2.2 Moccasin · ΔE 9.5 Wheat · ΔE 9.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.2 Navajo white · ΔE 11 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.3

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 2.17, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ABB2EC

Analogous#ECC5AB, #D3ECAB

Triadic#ABECE5, #E5ABEC

Split complementary#ABD3EC, #C5ABEC

Tetradic#ABECC5, #ABB2EC, #ECABD3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFE

Lighter +10%#F5F2D5

Darker −10%#E3D881

Darker −20%#D9CB58

Darker −30%#CFBE2F

Darker −40%#A69825

More saturated +25%#F9EF9E

Less saturated −25%#DFDBB8

Channel breakdown

R236

G229

B171

Red236 (92.5%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue171 (67.1%)

Hue53.54°

Saturation (HSL)63.11%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G E5 · B AB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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