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Recognised as Colour

#EFE5B1

  • #EFE5B1
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFE5B1 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 229, 177 and HSL 50°, 66%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFE5B1#EFE5B1
HEX#EFE5B1
RGBrgb(239, 229, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.898, 0.6941
RGB percentages93.7%, 89.8%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(50.3, 66%, 81.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.3, 25.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 4.2%, 25.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,721,905
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE5B1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77564WCAG 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 16.51:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#101A4E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFE2AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2E6B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#F9DDD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 5.2Wheat · ΔE 6.7Moccasin · ΔE 7.1Lemon chiffon · ΔE 8.4Navajo white · ΔE 9.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 10.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 5.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B1BBEF
Analogous#EFC6B1, #DAEFB1
Triadic#B1EFE5, #E5B1EF
Split complementary#B1DAEF, #C6B1EF
Tetradic#B1EFC6, #B1BBEF, #EFB1DA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F3DB
Darker −10%#E6D787
Darker −20%#DEC95C
Darker −30%#D5BB32
Darker −40%#B09924
More saturated +25%#FBEDA5
Less saturated −25%#E3DDBD

Channel breakdown

R239
G229
B177
Red239 (93.7%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue50.32°
Saturation (HSL)65.96%
Lightness81.57%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E5 · B B1

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