#ecec83

Color #ecec83

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ecec83

RGB

rgb(236, 236, 131)

HSL

hsl(60, 73.4%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 44.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.5%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(91.44, -14.43, 50.65)

LCH

lch(91.44, 52.67, 105.9)

OKLCH

oklch(92.1%, 0.128, 108.68)

HWB

hwb(60, 51.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8383ec

Analogous

#ecb883

#ecec83

#b8ec83

Triadic

#ecec83

#83ecec

#ec83ec

Split-complementary

#ecec83

#83b8ec

#b883ec

Tetradic

#ecec83

#83ec83

#8383ec

#ec83ec

Square

#ecec83

#83ecb8

#8383ec

#ec83b8

Shades

Color #ecec83 mixed toward black.

#e4e44e

#d4d421

#9f9f18

#6a6a10

#353508

Tints

Color #ecec83 mixed toward white.

#efef98

#f2f2ac

#f6f6c1

#f9f9d6

#fcfcea

Tones

Color #ecec83 mixed toward gray.

#e3e38c

#dbdb95

#d2d29d

#c9c9a6

#c0c0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ececa5 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#ececac · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#ecbabe · ΔE 37.6

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 24.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ecec83;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ecec83]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ecec83 (#ecec83) is rgb(236, 236, 131) in RGB.

No, #ecec83 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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