Recognised as Colour

#EFE097

#EFE097
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFE097 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 224, 151 and HSL 50°, 73%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFE097#EFE097

HEX#EFE097

RGBrgb(239, 224, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8784, 0.5922

RGB percentages93.7%, 87.8%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(49.8, 73.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.8, 36.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 36.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,720,599

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE097;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.78:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#101F68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEDC92no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F2E29Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Tritanopia#FCD6CDno 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 text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 7.3 Khaki · ΔE 8.4 Navajo white · ΔE 13.5 Moccasin · ΔE 13.9 Wheat · ΔE 15.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 7.35, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#97A6EF

Analogous#EFB497, #D2EF97

Triadic#97EFE0, #E097EF

Split complementary#97D2EF, #B497EF

Tetradic#97EFB4, #97A6EF, #EF97D2

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFAEF

Lighter +10%#F6EDC3

Darker −10%#E8D36B

Darker −20%#E1C63F

Darker −30%#CDB020

Darker −40%#A18A19

More saturated +25%#FEEA88

Less saturated −25%#E0D6A6

Channel breakdown

R239

G224

B151

Red239 (93.7%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue49.77°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E0 · B 97

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