Recognised as Colour

#EFDE96

#EFDE96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFDE96 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 222, 150 and HSL 49°, 74%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFDE96#EFDE96

HEX#EFDE96

RGBrgb(239, 222, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8706, 0.5882

RGB percentages93.7%, 87.1%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(48.5, 73.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48.5, 37.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 7.1%, 37.2%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,720,086

CSS custom property--colour: #EFDE96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness220.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.56:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#102169

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECDA91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1E099no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FCD4CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.7 Khaki · ΔE 9.1 Navajo white · ΔE 12.8 Moccasin · ΔE 13.4 Wheat · ΔE 14.7 Dark khaki · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#96A7EF

Analogous#EFB196, #D4EF96

Triadic#96EFDE, #DE96EF

Split complementary#96D4EF, #B196EF

Tetradic#96EFB1, #96A7EF, #EF96D4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFAEF

Lighter +10%#F6ECC2

Darker −10%#E8D06A

Darker −20%#E2C23D

Darker −30%#CDAC1F

Darker −40%#A18718

More saturated +25%#FEE787

Less saturated −25%#E0D5A5

Channel breakdown

R239

G222

B150

Red239 (93.7%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue48.54°

Saturation (HSL)73.55%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G DE · B 96

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