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Recognised as Colour

#ECEBE1

  • #ECEBE1
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Linen

#ECEBE1 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 235, 225 and HSL 55°, 22%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Linen.

Colour values

#ECEBE1#ECEBE1
HEX#ECEBE1
RGBrgb(236, 235, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9216, 0.8824
RGB percentages92.5%, 92.2%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(54.5, 22.4%, 90.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54.5, 4.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 4.7%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,526,881
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEBE1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82686WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.54:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#13141E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDEAE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#EEEBE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#EEE9E8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Linen · ΔE 4.1Old lace · ΔE 5.3Sea shell · ΔE 5.6Floral white · ΔE 5.7White smoke · ΔE 6.3Ivory · ΔE 7.2
Nearest named CSS colourLinen (#FAF0E6)ΔE 4.06, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1E2EC
Analogous#ECE5E1, #E8ECE1
Triadic#E1ECEB, #EBE1EC
Split complementary#E1E8EC, #E5E1EC
Tetradic#E1ECE5, #E1E2EC, #ECE1E8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#D8D6C2
Darker −20%#C4C1A3
Darker −30%#B1AD83
Darker −40%#9D9864
More saturated +25%#F2F0DB
Less saturated −25%#E7E7E7

Channel breakdown

R236
G235
B225
Red236 (92.5%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue54.55°
Saturation (HSL)22.45%
Lightness90.39%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EC · G EB · B E1

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