Recognised as Colour

#EFDA97

#EFDA97
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFDA97 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 218, 151 and HSL 46°, 73%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFDA97#EFDA97

HEX#EFDA97

RGBrgb(239, 218, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8549, 0.5922

RGB percentages93.7%, 85.5%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(45.7, 73.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(45.7, 36.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 8.8%, 36.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,719,063

CSS custom property--colour: #EFDA97;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.15:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#102568

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E8D792no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#EDDE99no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FCD0C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.9 Navajo white · ΔE 10.3 Moccasin · ΔE 11.2 Khaki · ΔE 12 Wheat · ΔE 12.4 Burlywood · ΔE 14.9

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97ACEF

Analogous#EFAE97, #D8EF97

Triadic#97EFDA, #DA97EF

Split complementary#97D8EF, #AE97EF

Tetradic#97EFAE, #97ACEF, #EF97D8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDF9EF

Lighter +10%#F6EAC3

Darker −10%#E8CA6B

Darker −20%#E1BB3F

Darker −30%#CDA420

Darker −40%#A18119

More saturated +25%#FEE288

Less saturated −25%#E0D2A6

Channel breakdown

R239

G218

B151

Red239 (93.7%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue45.68°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G DA · B 97

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