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Recognised as Colour

#ECF909

  • #ECF909
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#ECF909 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 249, 9 and HSL 63°, 95%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#ECF909#ECF909
HEX#ECF909
RGBrgb(236, 249, 9)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9765, 0.0353
RGB percentages92.5%, 97.6%, 3.5%
HSLhsl(63.3, 95.2%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.3, 96.4%, 97.6%)
CMYK5.2%, 0%, 96.4%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,530,249
CSS custom property--colour: #ECF909;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.12:1
Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#1306F6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF033no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FDE9D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 83.8 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 text18.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 6.7Gold · ΔE 25.8Green yellow · ΔE 27.7Yellow green · ΔE 32.2Chartreuse · ΔE 42.2Lawn green · ΔE 42.2
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 6.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1609F9
Analogous#F98E09, #74F909
Triadic#09ECF9, #F909EC
Split complementary#0974F9, #8E09F9
Tetradic#09F98E, #1609F9, #F90974

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFED0
Lighter +30%#F8FD9E
Lighter +20%#F4FB6D
Lighter +10%#F0FA3B
Darker −10%#BFCA05
Darker −20%#909804
Darker −30%#616603
Darker −40%#323501
More saturated +25%#F1FF03
Less saturated −25%#D0D929

Channel breakdown

R236
G249
B9
Red236 (92.5%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue9 (3.5%)
Hue63.25°
Saturation (HSL)95.24%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G F9 · B 09

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