Recognised as Colour

#EFD406

#EFD406
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EFD406 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 212, 6 and HSL 53°, 95%, 48%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EFD406#EFD406

HEX#EFD406

RGBrgb(239, 212, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8314, 0.0235

RGB percentages93.7%, 83.1%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(53, 95.1%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53, 97.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 11.3%, 97.5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,717,382

CSS custom property--colour: #EFD406;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65451WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.09:1

Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#102BF9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EACE00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1D827no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC3B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.3 Yellow · ΔE 21.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 26.1 Orange · ΔE 33.1 Yellow green · ΔE 36.5 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 37.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0621EF

Analogous#EF6006, #95EF06

Triadic#06EFD4, #D406EF

Split complementary#0695EF, #6006EF

Tetradic#06EF60, #0621EF, #EF0695

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEF7C3

Lighter +30%#FCF092

Lighter +20%#FBE960

Lighter +10%#FAE22E

Darker −10%#BDA805

Darker −20%#8B7C04

Darker −30%#5A5002

Darker −40%#282301

More saturated +25%#F5D900

Less saturated −25%#D0BC25

Channel breakdown

R239

G212

Red239 (93.7%)

Green212 (83.1%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue53.05°

Saturation (HSL)95.1%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G D4 · B 06

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