Recognised as Colour

#EFE696

#EFE696
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFE696 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 230, 150 and HSL 54°, 74%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFE696#EFE696

HEX#EFE696

RGBrgb(239, 230, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.902, 0.5882

RGB percentages93.7%, 90.2%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(53.9, 73.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.9, 37.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 3.8%, 37.2%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,722,134

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE696;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77146WCAG 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 16.43:1

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

Contrast with black16.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E2E2E2

Inverted#101969

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F4E190no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F7E699no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FBDCD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 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 text16.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.2 Dark khaki · ΔE 17 Navajo white · ΔE 17.5 Moccasin · ΔE 17.5 Wheat · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.93, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#969FEF

Analogous#EFBA96, #CBEF96

Triadic#96EFE6, #E696EF

Split complementary#96CBEF, #BA96EF

Tetradic#96EFB9, #969FEF, #EF96CB

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFBEF

Lighter +10%#F6F1C2

Darker −10%#E8DB6A

Darker −20%#E2D13D

Darker −30%#CDBB1F

Darker −40%#A19318

More saturated +25%#FEF287

Less saturated −25%#E0DAA5

Channel breakdown

R239

G230

B150

Red239 (93.7%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue53.93°

Saturation (HSL)73.55%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E6 · B 96

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