Colour

#EFDD86

#EFDD86
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFDD86 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 221, 134 and HSL 50°, 77%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFDD86#EFDD86

HEX#EFDD86

RGBrgb(239, 221, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8667, 0.5255

RGB percentages93.7%, 86.7%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(49.7, 76.6%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.7, 43.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.5%, 43.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,719,814

CSS custom property--colour: #EFDD86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71785WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.36:1

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

Contrast with black15.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#102279

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDD97Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2DF89no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#FDD1C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 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 text15.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.3 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 14.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.9 Navajo white · ΔE 19.5 Moccasin · ΔE 20.4 Wheat · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.31, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8698EF

Analogous#EFA986, #CDEF86

Triadic#86EFDD, #DD86EF

Split complementary#86CCEF, #A986EF

Tetradic#86EFA9, #8698EF, #EF86CC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBF6E0

Lighter +10%#F5EAB3

Darker −10%#E9D059

Darker −20%#E3C42C

Darker −30%#C2A51A

Darker −40%#957F14

More saturated +25%#FFE876

Less saturated −25%#DED297

Channel breakdown

R239

G221

B134

Red239 (93.7%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue49.71°

Saturation (HSL)76.64%

Lightness73.14%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G DD · B 86

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