Colour

#EFE28E

#EFE28E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFE28E is a yellow with RGB values 239, 226, 142 and HSL 52°, 75%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFE28E#EFE28E

HEX#EFE28E

RGBrgb(239, 226, 142)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8863, 0.5569

RGB percentages93.7%, 88.6%, 55.7%

HSLhsl(52, 75.2%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 40.6%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 5.4%, 40.6%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,721,102

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE28E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74696WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.94:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF

Inverted#101D71

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1DD88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F5E391no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FCD7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 3.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 16.3 Navajo white · ΔE 18.5 Moccasin · ΔE 19.1 Wheat · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.18, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8E9BEF

Analogous#EFB28E, #CCEF8E

Triadic#8EEFE2, #E28EEF

Split complementary#8ECCEF, #B18EEF

Tetradic#8EEFB1, #8E9BEF, #EF8ECC

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCF9E7

Lighter +10%#F5EDBB

Darker −10%#E9D761

Darker −20%#E2CB35

Darker −30%#C8B11C

Darker −40%#9B8916

More saturated +25%#FFEE7E

Less saturated −25%#DFD69E

Channel breakdown

R239

G226

B142

Red239 (93.7%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue142 (55.7%)

Hue51.96°

Saturation (HSL)75.19%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E2 · B 8E

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