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Recognised as Colour

#ECFA0C

  • #ECFA0C
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#ECFA0C is a yellow with RGB values 236, 250, 12 and HSL 64°, 96%, 51%. 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

#ECFA0C#ECFA0C
HEX#ECFA0C
RGBrgb(236, 250, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9804, 0.0471
RGB percentages92.5%, 98%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(63.5, 96%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(63.5, 95.2%, 98%)
CMYK5.6%, 0%, 95.2%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,530,508
CSS custom property--colour: #ECFA0C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86231WCAG 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 18.25:1
Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#1305F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFED00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF134no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#FDEAD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84 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 text18.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 6.9Gold · ΔE 26.3Green yellow · ΔE 27.3Yellow green · ΔE 32.2Chartreuse · ΔE 41.8Lawn green · ΔE 41.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1A0CFA
Analogous#FA910C, #75FA0C
Triadic#0CECFA, #FA0CEC
Split complementary#0C75FA, #910CFA
Tetradic#0CFA91, #1A0CFA, #FA0C75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFED4
Lighter +30%#F8FDA2
Lighter +20%#F4FC70
Lighter +10%#F0FB3E
Darker −10%#C3CF04
Darker −20%#949D03
Darker −30%#656B02
Darker −40%#363901
More saturated +25%#F0FF07
Less saturated −25%#D1DB2B

Channel breakdown

R236
G250
B12
Red236 (92.5%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue63.53°
Saturation (HSL)95.97%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G FA · B 0C

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