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Recognised as Colour

#ECE6BC

  • #ECE6BC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#ECE6BC is a yellow with RGB values 236, 230, 188 and HSL 52°, 56%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#ECE6BC#ECE6BC
HEX#ECE6BC
RGBrgb(236, 230, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.902, 0.7373
RGB percentages92.5%, 90.2%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(52.5, 55.8%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.5, 20.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 2.5%, 20.3%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,525,564
CSS custom property--colour: #ECE6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78057WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.61:1
Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#131943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEE3B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0E6BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F4E0DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.9Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.1Blanched almond · ΔE 8.6Moccasin · ΔE 8.8Bisque · ΔE 9.4
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.91, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCC2EC
Analogous#ECCEBC, #DAECBC
Triadic#BCECE6, #E6BCEC
Split complementary#BCDAEC, #CEBCEC
Tetradic#BCECCE, #BCC2EC, #ECBCDA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F5E4
Darker −10%#E1D794
Darker −20%#D5C86D
Darker −30%#CABA45
Darker −40%#AB9C31
More saturated +25%#F7EEB1
Less saturated −25%#E1DEC7

Channel breakdown

R236
G230
B188
Red236 (92.5%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue52.5°
Saturation (HSL)55.81%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G E6 · B BC

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