Recognised as Colour
#ECEACE
- #ECEACE
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Beige
#ECEACE is a yellow with RGB values 236, 234, 206 and HSL 56°, 44%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.
Colour values
#ECEACE#ECEACE
HEX#ECEACE
RGBrgb(236, 234, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9176, 0.8078
RGB percentages92.5%, 91.8%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(56, 44.1%, 86.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56, 12.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 12.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,526,606
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEACE;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.81135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.23:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#131531
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.23:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#CED0EC
Analogous#ECDBCE, #DFECCE
Triadic#CEECEA, #EACEEC
Split complementary#CEDFEC, #DBCEEC
Tetradic#CEECDB, #CED0EC, #ECCEDF
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R236
G234
B206
Red236 (92.5%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue56°
Saturation (HSL)44.12%
Lightness86.67%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G EA · B CE
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