Recognised as Colour
#ECEED6
- #ECEED6
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Beige
#ECEED6 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 238, 214 and HSL 65°, 41%, 89%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.
Colour values
#ECEED6#ECEED6
HEX#ECEED6
RGBrgb(236, 238, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9333, 0.8392
RGB percentages92.5%, 93.3%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(65, 41.4%, 88.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65, 10.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK0.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,527,638
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEED6;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.83837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.77:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#131129
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 text17.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#D8D6EE
Analogous#EEE4D6, #E0EED6
Triadic#D6ECEE, #EED6EC
Split complementary#D6E0EE, #E4D6EE
Tetradic#D6EEE4, #D8D6EE, #EED6E0
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R236
G238
B214
Red236 (92.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue65°
Saturation (HSL)41.38%
Lightness88.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G EE · B D6
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