Colour

#FFECAD

#FFECAD
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#FFECAD is a yellow with RGB values 255, 236, 173 and HSL 46°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#FFECAD#FFECAD

HEX#FFECAD

RGBrgb(255, 236, 173)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9255, 0.6784

RGB percentages100%, 92.5%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(46.1, 100%, 83.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(46.1, 32.2%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 32.2%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,269

CSS custom property--colour: #FFECAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84268WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness235.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.85:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EBEBEB

Inverted#001352

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E9A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEFAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE2DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.7 Moccasin · ΔE 8.5 Navajo white · ΔE 9.2 Wheat · ΔE 10.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.8 Khaki · ΔE 14

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADC0FF

Analogous#FFC3AD, #E9FFAD

Triadic#ADFFEC, #ECADFF

Split complementary#ADE9FF, #C3ADFF

Tetradic#ADFFC3, #ADC0FF, #FFADE9

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFF8E0

Darker −10%#FFE07A

Darker −20%#FFD447

Darker −30%#FFC914

Darker −40%#E0AC00

More saturated +25%#FFECAD

Less saturated −25%#F5E7B7

Channel breakdown

R255

G236

B173

Red255 (100%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue46.1°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.92%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EC · B AD

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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