Colour

#EFE1AA

#EFE1AA
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFE1AA is a yellow with RGB values 239, 225, 170 and HSL 48°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFE1AA#EFE1AA

HEX#EFE1AA

RGBrgb(239, 225, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8824, 0.6667

RGB percentages93.7%, 88.2%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(47.8, 68.3%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 28.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 28.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,720,874

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE1AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness223.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1

Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#101E55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECDEA6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0E3ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FAD9D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4.8 Moccasin · ΔE 6.7 Wheat · ΔE 6.8 Navajo white · ΔE 8 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.6 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.7

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.83, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AAB8EF

Analogous#EFBFAA, #DBEFAA

Triadic#AAEFE1, #E1AAEF

Split complementary#AADBEF, #BFAAEF

Tetradic#AAEFBF, #AAB8EF, #EFAADB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F0D5

Darker −10%#E7D27F

Darker −20%#DFC354

Darker −30%#D7B429

Darker −40%#AD9020

More saturated +25%#FCE99D

Less saturated −25%#E2D9B7

Channel breakdown

R239

G225

B170

Red239 (93.7%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue47.83°

Saturation (HSL)68.32%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E1 · B AA

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