Recognised as Colour

#EFCE28

#EFCE28
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EFCE28 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 206, 40 and HSL 50°, 86%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EFCE28#EFCE28

HEX#EFCE28

RGBrgb(239, 206, 40)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8078, 0.1569

RGB percentages93.7%, 80.8%, 15.7%

HSLhsl(50.1, 86.1%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.1, 83.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 13.8%, 83.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,715,880

CSS custom property--colour: #EFCE28;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62647WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.53:1

Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#1031D7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4C900no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDD436no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBDB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 67.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 10.1 Goldenrod · ΔE 19.6 Yellow · ΔE 28.1 Orange · ΔE 28.8 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.4 Khaki · ΔE 34.1

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 10.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#2849EF

Analogous#EF6A28, #ADEF28

Triadic#28EFCE, #CE28EF

Split complementary#28ADEF, #6B28EF

Tetradic#28EF6A, #2849EF, #EF28AC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDF9E6

Lighter +30%#FAEEB6

Lighter +20%#F6E487

Lighter +10%#F3D957

Darker −10%#D4B410

Darker −20%#A58B0C

Darker −30%#756309

Darker −40%#463B05

More saturated +25%#FFD918

Less saturated −25%#D2BB45

Channel breakdown

R239

G206

B40

Red239 (93.7%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue40 (15.7%)

Hue50.05°

Saturation (HSL)86.15%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G CE · B 28

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Colour values

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Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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