Colour

#FFEC3C

#FFEC3C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEC3C is a yellow with RGB values 255, 236, 60 and HSL 54°, 100%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFEC3C#FFEC3C

HEX#FFEC3C

RGBrgb(255, 236, 60)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9255, 0.2353

RGB percentages100%, 92.5%, 23.5%

HSLhsl(54.2, 100%, 61.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.2, 76.5%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 76.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,156

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEC3C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.32:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#0013C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE40Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDBCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 71.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 12.5 Yellow · ΔE 17.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.7 Yellow green · ΔE 34.2 Khaki · ΔE 36 Orange · ΔE 39.4

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#3C4FFF

Analogous#FF8A3C, #B0FF3C

Triadic#3CFFEC, #EC3CFF

Split complementary#3CB0FF, #8B3CFF

Tetradic#3CFF8B, #3C4FFF, #FF3CB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFBD5

Lighter +20%#FFF6A2

Lighter +10%#FFF16F

Darker −10%#FFE709

Darker −20%#D5C000

Darker −30%#A29200

Darker −40%#6F6400

More saturated +25%#FFEC3C

Less saturated −25%#E7D854

Channel breakdown

R255

G236

B60

Red255 (100%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue60 (23.5%)

Hue54.15°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness61.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EC · B 3C

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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