Recognised as Colour

#ECEA11

#ECEA11
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#ECEA11 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 234, 17 and HSL 59°, 87%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#ECEA11#ECEA11

HEX#ECEA11

RGBrgb(236, 234, 17)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9176, 0.0667

RGB percentages92.5%, 91.8%, 6.7%

HSLhsl(59.5, 86.6%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 92.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 92.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,526,417

CSS custom property--colour: #ECEA11;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76719WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.34:1

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

Contrast with black16.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#1315EE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FEE000no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE631no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FEDAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 79.3 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 text16.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 10.3 Gold · ΔE 17.6 Yellow green · ΔE 31.1 Green yellow · ΔE 33.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 38.6 Khaki · ΔE 43.5

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 10.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1113EC

Analogous#EC7D11, #80EC11

Triadic#11ECEA, #EA11EC

Split complementary#1181EC, #7D11EC

Tetradic#11EC7D, #1113EC, #EC1180

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFBCE

Lighter +30%#F8F79E

Lighter +20%#F5F36E

Lighter +10%#F1F03F

Darker −10%#BCBB0E

Darker −20%#8D8C0A

Darker −30%#5D5C07

Darker −40%#2E2D03

More saturated +25%#FDFB00

Less saturated −25%#CCCB31

Channel breakdown

R236

G234

B17

Red236 (92.5%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue17 (6.7%)

Hue59.45°

Saturation (HSL)86.56%

Lightness49.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G EA · B 11

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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