Colour

#ECEA68

#ECEA68
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECEA68 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 234, 104 and HSL 59°, 78%, 67%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECEA68#ECEA68

HEX#ECEA68

RGBrgb(236, 234, 104)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9176, 0.4078

RGB percentages92.5%, 91.8%, 40.8%

HSLhsl(59.1, 77.6%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 55.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 55.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,526,504

CSS custom property--colour: #ECEA68;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77678WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.54:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#131597

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE15Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE66Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FBDDCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 18.4 Yellow green · ΔE 26.7 Gold · ΔE 28.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 29.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 32 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.36, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#686AEC

Analogous#ECA868, #ACEC68

Triadic#68ECEA, #EA68EC

Split complementary#68ACEC, #A868EC

Tetradic#68ECA8, #686AEC, #EC68AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFDF0

Lighter +20%#F7F7C3

Lighter +10%#F2F095

Darker −10%#E6E43B

Darker −20%#D3D11B

Darker −30%#A6A415

Darker −40%#79770F

More saturated +25%#FFFC55

Less saturated −25%#D7D57D

Channel breakdown

R236

G234

B104

Red236 (92.5%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue104 (40.8%)

Hue59.09°

Saturation (HSL)77.65%

Lightness66.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EC · G EA · B 68

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