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Recognised as Colour

#EFE59E

  • #EFE59E
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFE59E is a yellow with RGB values 239, 229, 158 and HSL 53°, 72%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFE59E#EFE59E
HEX#EFE59E
RGBrgb(239, 229, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.898, 0.6196
RGB percentages93.7%, 89.8%, 62%
HSLhsl(52.6, 71.7%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.6, 33.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 4.2%, 33.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,721,886
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE59E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76858WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.37:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2
Inverted#101A61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F2E099no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5E5A1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#FBDCD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32 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 text16.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5Khaki · ΔE 9.3Moccasin · ΔE 13.4Navajo white · ΔE 13.7Wheat · ΔE 14.6Lemon chiffon · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.03, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9EA8EF
Analogous#EFBD9E, #D0EF9E
Triadic#9EEFE5, #E59EEF
Split complementary#9ED0EF, #BD9EEF
Tetradic#9EEFBD, #9EA8EF, #EF9ED0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFCF6
Lighter +10%#F6F1CA
Darker −10%#E8D972
Darker −20%#E1CE46
Darker −30%#D1BC23
Darker −40%#A6951B
More saturated +25%#FDF090
Less saturated −25%#E1DAAC

Channel breakdown

R239
G229
B158
Red239 (93.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue52.59°
Saturation (HSL)71.68%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E5 · B 9E

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