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Recognised as Colour

#ECF4A3

  • #ECF4A3
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#ECF4A3 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 244, 163 and HSL 66°, 79%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#ECF4A3#ECF4A3
HEX#ECF4A3
RGBrgb(236, 244, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9569, 0.6392
RGB percentages92.5%, 95.7%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(65.9, 78.6%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65.9, 33.2%, 95.7%)
CMYK3.3%, 0%, 33.2%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,529,123
CSS custom property--colour: #ECF4A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness233.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.04:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#130B5C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFED9Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFEFA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#F6EBDFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 18.9Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 21Moccasin · ΔE 21.1Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.69, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ABA3F4
Analogous#F4D4A3, #C4F4A3
Triadic#A3ECF4, #F4A3EC
Split complementary#A3C4F4, #D3A3F4
Tetradic#A3F4D3, #ABA3F4, #F4A3C4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFE
Lighter +10%#F5F9D1
Darker −10%#E3EF75
Darker −20%#D9E948
Darker −30%#CFE31B
Darker −40%#A6B516
More saturated +25%#F5FF98
Less saturated −25%#E2E7B0

Channel breakdown

R236
G244
B163
Red236 (92.5%)
Green244 (95.7%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue65.93°
Saturation (HSL)78.64%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G F4 · B A3

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