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Recognised as Colour

#EFE4AA

  • #EFE4AA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFE4AA is a yellow with RGB values 239, 228, 170 and HSL 50°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFE4AA#EFE4AA
HEX#EFE4AA
RGBrgb(239, 228, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8941, 0.6667
RGB percentages93.7%, 89.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(50.4, 68.3%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 28.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 4.6%, 28.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,721,642
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE4AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7674WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.35:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#101B55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFE0A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3E5ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#FADCD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 2.9Moccasin · ΔE 8.3Wheat · ΔE 8.7Navajo white · ΔE 9.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 2.86, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB5EF
Analogous#EFC2AA, #D8EFAA
Triadic#AAEFE4, #E4AAEF
Split complementary#AAD8EF, #C2AAEF
Tetradic#AAEFC2, #AAB5EF, #EFAAD7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F2D5
Darker −10%#E7D67F
Darker −20%#DFC954
Darker −30%#D7BB29
Darker −40%#AD9620
More saturated +25%#FCED9D
Less saturated −25%#E2DBB7

Channel breakdown

R239
G228
B170
Red239 (93.7%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue50.43°
Saturation (HSL)68.32%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E4 · B AA

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