Colour

#EFD963

#EFD963
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFD963 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 217, 99 and HSL 51°, 81%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFD963#EFD963

HEX#EFD963

RGBrgb(239, 217, 99)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.851, 0.3882

RGB percentages93.7%, 85.1%, 38.8%

HSLhsl(50.6, 81.4%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 58.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 9.2%, 58.6%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,718,755

CSS custom property--colour: #EFD963;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68877WCAG 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 14.78:1

Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#10269C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECD457no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DC69no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFCBBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 15.4 Goldenrod · ΔE 23.5 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.3 Gold · ΔE 27.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 29.1 Dark goldenrod · ΔE 31.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 15.38, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6379EF

Analogous#EF9363, #BFEF63

Triadic#63EFD9, #D963EF

Split complementary#63BFEF, #9363EF

Tetradic#63EF93, #6379EF, #EF63BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FDFBEE

Lighter +20%#F8F0C0

Lighter +10%#F4E491

Darker −10%#EACE35

Darker −20%#D6B816

Darker −30%#A89011

Darker −40%#7A680C

More saturated +25%#FFE453

Less saturated −25%#D9CA78

Channel breakdown

R239

G217

B99

Red239 (93.7%)

Green217 (85.1%)

Blue99 (38.8%)

Hue50.57°

Saturation (HSL)81.4%

Lightness66.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G D9 · B 63

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