Recognised as Colour
#ECEDDD
- #ECEDDD
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Old lace
#ECEDDD is a yellow with RGB values 236, 237, 221 and HSL 64°, 31%, 90%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Old lace.
Colour values
#ECEDDD#ECEDDD
HEX#ECEDDD
RGBrgb(236, 237, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9294, 0.8667
RGB percentages92.5%, 92.9%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(63.7, 30.8%, 89.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.7, 6.8%, 92.9%)
CMYK0.4%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,527,389
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEDDD;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.83622WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.72:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#131222
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.72:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#DEDDED
Analogous#EDE6DD, #E4EDDD
Triadic#DDECED, #EDDDEC
Split complementary#DDE4ED, #E6DDED
Tetradic#DDEDE6, #DEDDED, #EDDDE4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R236
G237
B221
Red236 (92.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue63.75°
Saturation (HSL)30.77%
Lightness89.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G ED · B DD
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