Information about #ECDB70 color

#ECDB70 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ECDB70 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(236, 219, 112) — 92.5% red, 85.9% green, 43.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 49 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#ECDB70 is a strongly colored sunny yellow that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Arylide Yellow (#E9D66B). Slightly further away sit Straw (#E4D96F) and Spring Fever (#E3DF6E).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(236, 219, 112)), which gives #ECDB70 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 14.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #ECDB70 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#ECDB70 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#ECDB70 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #ECDB70

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Straw color link
Straw

#E4D96F

Spring Fever color link
Spring Fever

#E3DF6E

Sandy color link
Sandy

#F1DA7A

Wild Rice color link
Wild Rice

#E3D474

Golden Sand color link
Golden Sand

#EACE6A

Somerset color link
Somerset

#DFDD78

Warm Sun color link
Warm Sun

#F1CD6C

Sweet Corn color link
Sweet Corn

#F9E176

Pastel Gold color link
Pastel Gold

#E7D27C

Dandelion color link
Dandelion

#FDDB6D

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ECDB70
  • RGB236, 219, 112
  • CMYK0, 7, 49, 7
  • CSSrgb(236, 219, 112)
  • HSL52°, 77%, 68%
  • HSL Precise51.774°, 76.543%, 68.235%
  • HSV52°, 53%, 93%
  • HSB52°, 53%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.925
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.859
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.439
  • GLSLvec3(0.925, 0.859, 0.439)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.925, 0.859, 0.439, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.925, 0.859, 0.439)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB85.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB43.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDECDB70
  • DECIMAL ID15522672
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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