Recognised as Colour

#EFE37E

#EFE37E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFE37E is a yellow with RGB values 239, 227, 126 and HSL 54°, 78%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFE37E#EFE37E

HEX#EFE37E

RGBrgb(239, 227, 126)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8902, 0.4941

RGB percentages93.7%, 89%, 49.4%

HSLhsl(53.6, 77.9%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 47.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 5%, 47.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,721,342

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE37E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.96:1

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

Contrast with black15.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#101C81

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3DD75no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E382no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FED7CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44.7 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 text15.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.5 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.7 Navajo white · ΔE 26.1 Moccasin · ΔE 26.9 Wheat · ΔE 28.6

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7E8AEF

Analogous#EFAA7E, #C3EF7E

Triadic#7EEFE3, #E37EEF

Split complementary#7EC3EF, #AA7EEF

Tetradic#7EEFAA, #7E8AEF, #EF7EC3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF7D9

Lighter +10%#F5EDAB

Darker −10%#E9D951

Darker −20%#E4CF23

Darker −30%#BDAB17

Darker −40%#8F8212

More saturated +25%#FFF06E

Less saturated −25%#DDD590

Channel breakdown

R239

G227

B126

Red239 (93.7%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue126 (49.4%)

Hue53.63°

Saturation (HSL)77.93%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E3 · B 7E

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