Colour

#EFE174

#EFE174
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFE174 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 225, 116 and HSL 53°, 79%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFE174#EFE174

HEX#EFE174

RGBrgb(239, 225, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8824, 0.4549

RGB percentages93.7%, 88.2%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(53.2, 79.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.2, 51.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 51.5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,720,820

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE174;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73462WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.69:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#101E8B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F2DB6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#F6E179no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FED4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 23.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 28.9 Navajo white · ΔE 29.5 Moccasin · ΔE 30.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7482EF

Analogous#EFA474, #C0EF74

Triadic#74EFE1, #E174EF

Split complementary#74C0EF, #A474EF

Tetradic#74EFA3, #7482EF, #EF74BF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFD

Lighter +20%#FAF5CF

Lighter +10%#F4EBA2

Darker −10%#EAD746

Darker −20%#E3CC1A

Darker −30%#B5A315

Darker −40%#877A10

More saturated +25%#FFED64

Less saturated −25%#DCD287

Channel breakdown

R239

G225

B116

Red239 (93.7%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue53.17°

Saturation (HSL)79.35%

Lightness69.61%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E1 · B 74

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