Colour

#EFDC8D

#EFDC8D
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFDC8D is a yellow with RGB values 239, 220, 141 and HSL 48°, 75%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFDC8D#EFDC8D

HEX#EFDC8D

RGBrgb(239, 220, 141)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8627, 0.5529

RGB percentages93.7%, 86.3%, 55.3%

HSLhsl(48.4, 75.4%, 74.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.4, 41%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.9%, 41%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,719,565

CSS custom property--colour: #EFDC8D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7146WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.29:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#102372

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBD887no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0DF90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FDD1C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.1 Navajo white · ΔE 15.8 Moccasin · ΔE 16.7 Wheat · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.64, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8DA0EF

Analogous#EFAB8D, #D1EF8D

Triadic#8DEFDC, #DC8DEF

Split complementary#8DD1EF, #AB8DEF

Tetradic#8DEFAB, #8DA0EF, #EF8DD1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF7E6

Lighter +10%#F5EABA

Darker −10%#E9CE60

Darker −20%#E2C134

Darker −30%#C7A61C

Darker −40%#9A8116

More saturated +25%#FFE67D

Less saturated −25%#DFD29D

Channel breakdown

R239

G220

B141

Red239 (93.7%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue141 (55.3%)

Hue48.37°

Saturation (HSL)75.38%

Lightness74.51%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G DC · B 8D

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