Recognised as Colour

#ECED8B

#ECED8B
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#ECED8B is a yellow with RGB values 236, 237, 139 and HSL 61°, 73%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECED8B#ECED8B

HEX#ECED8B

RGBrgb(236, 237, 139)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9294, 0.5451

RGB percentages92.5%, 92.9%, 54.5%

HSLhsl(60.6, 73.1%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60.6, 41.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK0.4%, 0%, 41.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,527,307

CSS custom property--colour: #ECED8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80265WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.05:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#131274

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE683no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE98Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Tritanopia#F8E2D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 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 text17.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 20.8 Navajo white · ΔE 26.7 Moccasin · ΔE 26.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.8, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C8BED

Analogous#EDBD8B, #BBED8B

Triadic#8BECED, #ED8BEC

Split complementary#8BBBED, #BD8BED

Tetradic#8BEDBD, #8C8BED, #ED8BBB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAFBE3

Lighter +10%#F3F4B7

Darker −10%#E5E65F

Darker −20%#DEDF33

Darker −30%#BFC11E

Darker −40%#949517

More saturated +25%#FCFE7A

Less saturated −25%#DCDC9C

Channel breakdown

R236

G237

B139

Red236 (92.5%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue139 (54.5%)

Hue60.61°

Saturation (HSL)73.13%

Lightness73.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EC · G ED · B 8B

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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