Recognised as Colour

#EFE64E

#EFE64E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EFE64E is a yellow with RGB values 239, 230, 78 and HSL 57°, 83%, 62%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EFE64E#EFE64E

HEX#EFE64E

RGBrgb(239, 230, 78)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.902, 0.3059

RGB percentages93.7%, 90.2%, 30.6%

HSLhsl(56.6, 83.4%, 62.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 67.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 67.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,722,062

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE64E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.1:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#1019B1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DE37no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDE458no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD7C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 64 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 text16.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 19.9 Yellow · ΔE 25.1 Khaki · ΔE 27.2 Yellow green · ΔE 27.7 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 36.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 19.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E57EF

Analogous#EF964E, #A8EF4E

Triadic#4EEFE6, #E64EEF

Split complementary#4EA7EF, #964EEF

Tetradic#4EEF96, #4E57EF, #EF4EA7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FCFADA

Lighter +20%#F7F3AC

Lighter +10%#F3ED7D

Darker −10%#EBDF1F

Darker −20%#C5BB12

Darker −30%#968F0E

Darker −40%#686209

More saturated +25%#FFF43E

Less saturated −25%#D7D166

Channel breakdown

R239

G230

B78

Red239 (93.7%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue78 (30.6%)

Hue56.65°

Saturation (HSL)83.42%

Lightness62.16%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E6 · B 4E

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