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Recognised as Colour

#EFE2AF

  • #EFE2AF
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#EFE2AF is a yellow with RGB values 239, 226, 175 and HSL 48°, 67%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EFE2AF#EFE2AF
HEX#EFE2AF
RGBrgb(239, 226, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8863, 0.6863
RGB percentages93.7%, 88.6%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(47.8, 66.7%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(47.8, 26.8%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 5.4%, 26.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,721,135
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE2AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75839WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#101D50

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDDFACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F0E4B1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original
Tritanopia#F9DAD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 5.5Moccasin · ΔE 6.1Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.1Navajo white · ΔE 8Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AFBCEF
Analogous#EFC2AF, #DCEFAF
Triadic#AFEFE2, #E2AFEF
Split complementary#AFDCEF, #C2AFEF
Tetradic#AFEFC2, #AFBCEF, #EFAFDC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F1DA
Darker −10%#E6D384
Darker −20%#DEC35A
Darker −30%#D5B430
Darker −40%#AF9323
More saturated +25%#FBE9A3
Less saturated −25%#E3DBBB

Channel breakdown

R239
G226
B175
Red239 (93.7%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue47.81°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E2 · B AF

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