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Recognised as Colour

#EFD86D

  • #EFD86D
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Khaki

#EFD86D is a yellow with RGB values 239, 216, 109 and HSL 49°, 80%, 68%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFD86D#EFD86D
HEX#EFD86D
RGBrgb(239, 216, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8471, 0.4275
RGB percentages93.7%, 84.7%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(49.4, 80.2%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 54.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 9.6%, 54.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,718,509
CSS custom property--colour: #EFD86D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.71:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#102792

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EAD363no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0DB72no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFCBC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 11.4Dark khaki · ΔE 20.6Pale goldenrod · ΔE 24.5Goldenrod · ΔE 24.9Navajo white · ΔE 28.6Burlywood · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D84EF
Analogous#EF976D, #C5EF6D
Triadic#6DEFD8, #D86DEF
Split complementary#6DC5EF, #976DEF
Tetradic#6DEF97, #6D84EF, #EF6DC5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFDF7
Lighter +20%#F9F1C9
Lighter +10%#F4E49B
Darker −10%#EACC3F
Darker −20%#DEBB18
Darker −30%#B09413
Darker −40%#826D0E
More saturated +25%#FFE25D
Less saturated −25%#DBCB81

Channel breakdown

R239
G216
B109
Red239 (93.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue49.38°
Saturation (HSL)80.25%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G D8 · B 6D

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