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Recognised as Colour

#ECFA06

  • #ECFA06
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#ECFA06 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 250, 6 and HSL 63°, 96%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#ECFA06#ECFA06
HEX#ECFA06
RGBrgb(236, 250, 6)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9804, 0.0235
RGB percentages92.5%, 98%, 2.4%
HSLhsl(63.4, 96.1%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.4, 97.6%, 98%)
CMYK5.6%, 0%, 97.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,530,502
CSS custom property--colour: #ECFA06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness231 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.24:1
Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#1305F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFED00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF133no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FDEAD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 6.8Gold · ΔE 26.4Green yellow · ΔE 27.4Yellow green · ΔE 32.5Chartreuse · ΔE 41.8Lawn green · ΔE 41.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 6.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1406FA
Analogous#FA8E06, #72FA06
Triadic#06ECFA, #FA06EC
Split complementary#0672FA, #8E06FA
Tetradic#06FA8E, #1406FA, #FA0672

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFECE
Lighter +30%#F7FD9C
Lighter +20%#F4FC6A
Lighter +10%#F0FB38
Darker −10%#BEC904
Darker −20%#8E9703
Darker −30%#5F6502
Darker −40%#303301
More saturated +25%#F0FF01
Less saturated −25%#D0DA26

Channel breakdown

R236
G250
B6
Red236 (92.5%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue6 (2.4%)
Hue63.44°
Saturation (HSL)96.06%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G FA · B 06

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