Recognised as Colour

#ECF351

#ECF351
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#ECF351 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 243, 81 and HSL 63°, 87%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#ECF351#ECF351

HEX#ECF351

RGBrgb(236, 243, 81)

RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9529, 0.3176

RGB percentages92.5%, 95.3%, 31.8%

HSLhsl(62.6, 87.1%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.6, 66.7%, 95.3%)

CMYK2.9%, 0%, 66.7%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,528,785

CSS custom property--colour: #ECF351;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.51:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#130CAE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE838no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEC5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FCE5D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.5 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 text17.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 21.2 Yellow green · ΔE 24.2 Gold · ΔE 24.5 Khaki · ΔE 31.4 Green yellow · ΔE 32 Goldenrod · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 21.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5851F3

Analogous#F3A951, #9BF351

Triadic#51ECF3, #F351EC

Split complementary#519BF3, #A951F3

Tetradic#51F3A9, #5851F3, #F3519B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFDE0

Lighter +20%#F6FAB0

Lighter +10%#F1F681

Darker −10%#E7F021

Darker −20%#C7D00E

Darker −30%#9AA00B

Darker −40%#6C7008

More saturated +25%#F7FF45

Less saturated −25%#D7DC68

Channel breakdown

R236

G243

B81

Red236 (92.5%)

Green243 (95.3%)

Blue81 (31.8%)

Hue62.59°

Saturation (HSL)87.1%

Lightness63.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EC · G F3 · B 51

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Colour values

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