Recognised as Colour

#EFE57F

#EFE57F
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFE57F is a yellow with RGB values 239, 229, 127 and HSL 55°, 78%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFE57F#EFE57F

HEX#EFE57F

RGBrgb(239, 229, 127)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.898, 0.498

RGB percentages93.7%, 89.8%, 49.8%

HSLhsl(54.6, 77.8%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54.6, 46.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 4.2%, 46.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,721,855

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE57F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.18:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E0E0E0

Inverted#101A80

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5DF76no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E484no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FDD9CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.2 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 text16.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.8 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 19.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 20 Navajo white · ΔE 26.7 Moccasin · ΔE 27.4 Wheat · ΔE 29.1

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.79, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7F89EF

Analogous#EFAD7F, #C1EF7F

Triadic#7FEFE5, #E57FEF

Split complementary#7FC1EF, #AD7FEF

Tetradic#7FEFAD, #7F89EF, #EF7FC1

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FAF7DA

Lighter +10%#F5EEAC

Darker −10%#E9DC52

Darker −20%#E4D324

Darker −30%#BDAF18

Darker −40%#908512

More saturated +25%#FFF26F

Less saturated −25%#DDD691

Channel breakdown

R239

G229

B127

Red239 (93.7%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue127 (49.8%)

Hue54.64°

Saturation (HSL)77.78%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E5 · B 7F

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