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Recognised as Colour

#ECEAB8

  • #ECEAB8
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#ECEAB8 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 234, 184 and HSL 58°, 58%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#ECEAB8#ECEAB8
HEX#ECEAB8
RGBrgb(236, 234, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9176, 0.7216
RGB percentages92.5%, 91.8%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(57.7, 57.8%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57.7, 22%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 22%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,526,584
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEAB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.03:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#131547

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3E6B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4E9BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Tritanopia#F4E3DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.4Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 7.8Wheat · ΔE 9.1Moccasin · ΔE 9.8Blanched almond · ΔE 12.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B8BAEC
Analogous#ECD0B8, #D4ECB8
Triadic#B8ECEA, #EAB8EC
Split complementary#B8D4EC, #D0B8EC
Tetradic#B8ECD0, #B8BAEC, #ECB8D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F6E0
Darker −10%#E1DE90
Darker −20%#D6D268
Darker −30%#CCC63F
Darker −40%#AAA62E
More saturated +25%#F7F4AD
Less saturated −25%#E1E0C3

Channel breakdown

R236
G234
B184
Red236 (92.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue57.69°
Saturation (HSL)57.78%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G EA · B B8

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