Recognised as Colour

#EFE4B8

#EFE4B8
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Wheat

#EFE4B8 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 228, 184 and HSL 48°, 63%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EFE4B8#EFE4B8

HEX#EFE4B8

RGBrgb(239, 228, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.8941, 0.7216

RGB percentages93.7%, 89.4%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(48, 63.2%, 82.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(48, 23%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 4.6%, 23%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,721,656

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE4B8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77298WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness226.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.46:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3

Inverted#101B47

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDE1B5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1E5B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F8DDD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 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 text16.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 4.9 Moccasin · ΔE 6.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 7.6 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8.5 Blanched almond · ΔE 8.6 Bisque · ΔE 8.6

Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 4.88, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B8C3EF

Analogous#EFC8B8, #DEEFB8

Triadic#B8EFE4, #E4B8EF

Split complementary#B8DEEF, #C8B8EF

Tetradic#B8EFC8, #B8C3EF, #EFB8DE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F8F4E2

Darker −10%#E6D48E

Darker −20%#DCC465

Darker −30%#D3B53B

Darker −40%#B39728

More saturated +25%#FAEBAD

Less saturated −25%#E4DDC3

Channel breakdown

R239

G228

B184

Red239 (93.7%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue48°

Saturation (HSL)63.22%

Lightness82.94%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E4 · B B8

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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