Recognised as Colour
#EFDFB9
- #EFDFB9
- Orange
- Light
- Nearest: Wheat
#EFDFB9 is a orange with RGB values 239, 223, 185 and HSL 42°, 63%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.
Colour values
#EFDFB9#EFDFB9
HEX#EFDFB9
RGBrgb(239, 223, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8745, 0.7255
RGB percentages93.7%, 87.5%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(42.2, 62.8%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(42.2, 22.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 6.7%, 22.6%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,720,377
CSS custom property--colour: #EFDFB9;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.74629WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.93:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0
Inverted#102046
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyorange
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#B9C9EF
Analogous#EFC4B9, #E4EFB9
Triadic#B9EFDF, #DFB9EF
Split complementary#B9E4EF, #C4B9EF
Tetradic#B9EFC4, #B9C9EF, #EFB9E4
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R239
G223
B185
Red239 (93.7%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue42.22°
Saturation (HSL)62.79%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G DF · B B9
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