Colour

#FFEC5C

#FFEC5C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFEC5C is a yellow with RGB values 255, 236, 92 and HSL 53°, 100%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFEC5C#FFEC5C

HEX#FFEC5C

RGBrgb(255, 236, 92)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9255, 0.3608

RGB percentages100%, 92.5%, 36.1%

HSLhsl(53, 100%, 68%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 63.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 63.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,188

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEC5C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82024WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.4:1

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

Contrast with black17.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#0013A3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE54Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFED64no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFDCCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 61.6 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 text17.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 20 Khaki · ΔE 24.8 Yellow · ΔE 27.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.5 Yellow green · ΔE 32.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 36

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.96, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5C6FFF

Analogous#FF9B5C, #C1FF5C

Triadic#5CFFEC, #EC5CFF

Split complementary#5CC1FF, #9A5CFF

Tetradic#5CFF9B, #5C6FFF, #FF5CC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEF5

Lighter +20%#FFF8C2

Lighter +10%#FFF28F

Darker −10%#FFE629

Darker −20%#F5D800

Darker −30%#C2AB00

Darker −40%#8F7E00

More saturated +25%#FFEC5C

Less saturated −25%#EBDC70

Channel breakdown

R255

G236

B92

Red255 (100%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue92 (36.1%)

Hue53.01°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness68.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EC · B 5C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#FFEC5C

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else