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Colour

#ECEA6D

  • #ECEA6D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#ECEA6D is a yellow with RGB values 236, 234, 109 and HSL 59°, 77%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECEA6D#ECEA6D
HEX#ECEA6D
RGBrgb(236, 234, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9176, 0.4275
RGB percentages92.5%, 91.8%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(59.1, 77%, 67.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 53.8%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 53.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,526,509
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEA6D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.56:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#131592

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FBE260no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FDE774no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#FBDDCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.1 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 text16.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 16.2Yellow green · ΔE 27.5Dark khaki · ΔE 27.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 30Gold · ΔE 30.6Goldenrod · ΔE 32.3
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 16.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D6FEC
Analogous#ECAB6D, #AFEC6D
Triadic#6DECEA, #EA6DEC
Split complementary#6DAFEC, #AB6DEC
Tetradic#6DECAA, #6D6FEC, #EC6DAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDF4
Lighter +20%#F8F7C7
Lighter +10%#F2F09A
Darker −10%#E6E440
Darker −20%#D7D41C
Darker −30%#AAA816
Darker −40%#7D7B10
More saturated +25%#FFFC5A
Less saturated −25%#D7D682

Channel breakdown

R236
G234
B109
Red236 (92.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue59.06°
Saturation (HSL)76.97%
Lightness67.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G EA · B 6D

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