Recognised as Colour

#EFD73A

#EFD73A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EFD73A is a yellow with RGB values 239, 215, 58 and HSL 52°, 85%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EFD73A#EFD73A

HEX#EFD73A

RGBrgb(239, 215, 58)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8431, 0.2275

RGB percentages93.7%, 84.3%, 22.7%

HSLhsl(52, 85%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 75.7%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 10%, 75.7%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,718,202

CSS custom property--colour: #EFD73A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.45:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#1028C5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD117no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F3DA45no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFC7B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 13.6 Goldenrod · ΔE 22.7 Yellow · ΔE 26.7 Khaki · ΔE 30.2 Yellow green · ΔE 32.8 Orange · ΔE 33.5

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 13.64, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#3A52EF

Analogous#EF7D3A, #ACEF3A

Triadic#3AEFD7, #D73AEF

Split complementary#3AACEF, #7D3AEF

Tetradic#3AEF7D, #3A52EF, #EF3AAC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FEFDF7

Lighter +30%#FAF4C8

Lighter +20%#F7EA98

Lighter +10%#F3E169

Darker −10%#E4C812

Darker −20%#B49E0F

Darker −30%#85750B

Darker −40%#564C07

More saturated +25%#FFE32A

Less saturated −25%#D4C355

Channel breakdown

R239

G215

B58

Red239 (93.7%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue58 (22.7%)

Hue52.04°

Saturation (HSL)84.98%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G D7 · B 3A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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