Colour

#EFE078

#EFE078
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFE078 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 224, 120 and HSL 52°, 79%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFE078#EFE078

HEX#EFE078

RGBrgb(239, 224, 120)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8784, 0.4706

RGB percentages93.7%, 87.8%, 47.1%

HSLhsl(52.4, 78.8%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 49.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 49.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,720,568

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE078;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.6:1

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

Contrast with black15.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#101F87

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DA6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E17Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FED3C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.6 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 text15.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 7.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 21.5 Navajo white · ΔE 27.3 Moccasin · ΔE 28.3 Burlywood · ΔE 29.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 7.6, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7887EF

Analogous#EFA478, #C3EF78

Triadic#78EFE0, #E078EF

Split complementary#78C3EF, #A478EF

Tetradic#78EFA4, #7887EF, #EF78C3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF5D3

Lighter +10%#F4EAA6

Darker −10%#EAD64A

Darker −20%#E4CB1D

Darker −30%#B8A416

Darker −40%#8B7B10

More saturated +25%#FFEC68

Less saturated −25%#DCD28B

Channel breakdown

R239

G224

B120

Red239 (93.7%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue120 (47.1%)

Hue52.44°

Saturation (HSL)78.81%

Lightness70.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E0 · B 78

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