Colour

#EFE1AD

#EFE1AD
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EFE1AD is a yellow with RGB values 239, 225, 173 and HSL 47°, 67%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EFE1AD#EFE1AD

HEX#EFE1AD

RGBrgb(239, 225, 173)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8824, 0.6784

RGB percentages93.7%, 88.2%, 67.8%

HSLhsl(47.3, 67.3%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.3, 27.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.9%, 27.6%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,720,877

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE1AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75218WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.04:1

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

Contrast with black16.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#101E52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ECDEAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F0E3AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#F9D9D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 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 text16.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.6 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.9 Moccasin · ΔE 6 Navajo white · ΔE 7.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.8 Bisque · ΔE 11.4

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.58, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ADBBEF

Analogous#EFC0AD, #DCEFAD

Triadic#ADEFE1, #E1ADEF

Split complementary#ADDCEF, #C0ADEF

Tetradic#ADEFC0, #ADBBEF, #EFADDC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F1D8

Darker −10%#E7D182

Darker −20%#DEC258

Darker −30%#D6B22D

Darker −40%#AE9022

More saturated +25%#FBE8A1

Less saturated −25%#E3DAB9

Channel breakdown

R239

G225

B173

Red239 (93.7%)

Green225 (88.2%)

Blue173 (67.8%)

Hue47.27°

Saturation (HSL)67.35%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E1 · B AD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#EFE1AD

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else