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Recognised as Colour

#ECFC26

  • #ECFC26
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#ECFC26 is a yellow with RGB values 236, 252, 38 and HSL 64°, 97%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#ECFC26#ECFC26
HEX#ECFC26
RGBrgb(236, 252, 38)
RGB (0–1)0.9255, 0.9882, 0.149
RGB percentages92.5%, 98.8%, 14.9%
HSLhsl(64.5, 97.3%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64.5, 84.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK6.3%, 0%, 84.9%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,531,046
CSS custom property--colour: #ECFC26;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.87594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness232.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.52:1
Contrast with white1.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9
Inverted#1303D9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFEF00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFF240no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#FCEDD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 80.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 9Green yellow · ΔE 26Gold · ΔE 26.7Yellow green · ΔE 30.1Lawn green · ΔE 41Chartreuse · ΔE 41
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3626FC
Analogous#FCA126, #81FC26
Triadic#26ECFC, #FC26EC
Split complementary#2681FC, #A126FC
Tetradic#26FCA1, #3626FC, #FC2681

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FEFFEF
Lighter +30%#F9FEBD
Lighter +20%#F5FD8B
Lighter +10%#F0FD58
Darker −10%#DAEC03
Darker −20%#ACB903
Darker −30%#7D8702
Darker −40%#4F5501
More saturated +25%#EFFF23
Less saturated −25%#D5E142

Channel breakdown

R236
G252
B38
Red236 (92.5%)
Green252 (98.8%)
Blue38 (14.9%)
Hue64.49°
Saturation (HSL)97.27%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR EC · G FC · B 26

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