Recognised as Colour
#ECEEDC
- #ECEEDC
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Beige
#ECEEDC is a yellow with RGB values 236, 238, 220 and HSL 67°, 35%, 90%. 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
#ECEEDC#ECEEDC
HEX#ECEEDC
RGBrgb(236, 238, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9333, 0.8627
RGB percentages92.5%, 93.3%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(66.7, 34.6%, 89.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(66.7, 7.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK0.8%, 0%, 7.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,527,644
CSS custom property--colour: #ECEEDC;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.84149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness235.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.83:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#131123
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 text17.83:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#DEDCEE
Analogous#EEE7DC, #E3EEDC
Triadic#DCECEE, #EEDCEC
Split complementary#DCE3EE, #E7DCEE
Tetradic#DCEEE7, #DEDCEE, #EEDCE3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R236
G238
B220
Red236 (92.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue66.67°
Saturation (HSL)34.62%
Lightness89.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G EE · B DC
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