Colour

#FFEC8D

#FFEC8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFEC8D is a yellow with RGB values 255, 236, 141 and HSL 50°, 100%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFEC8D#FFEC8D

HEX#FFEC8D

RGBrgb(255, 236, 141)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9255, 0.5529

RGB percentages100%, 92.5%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(50, 100%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 44.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 44.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,237

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEC8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.83174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.63:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#001372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDE785no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFEE91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.4 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.8 Navajo white · ΔE 22.8 Moccasin · ΔE 23.5 Wheat · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.19, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DA0FF

Analogous#FFB38D, #D9FF8D

Triadic#8DFFEC, #EC8DFF

Split complementary#8DD9FF, #B38DFF

Tetradic#8DFFB3, #8DA0FF, #FF8DD9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFDF3

Lighter +10%#FFF5C0

Darker −10%#FFE45A

Darker −20%#FFDB27

Darker −30%#F3CB00

Darker −40%#C0A000

More saturated +25%#FFEC8D

Less saturated −25%#F1E39B

Channel breakdown

R255

G236

B141

Red255 (100%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EC · B 8D

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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