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Colour

#EFE6AA

  • #EFE6AA
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFE6AA is a yellow with RGB values 239, 230, 170 and HSL 52°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFE6AA#EFE6AA
HEX#EFE6AA
RGBrgb(239, 230, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.902, 0.6667
RGB percentages93.7%, 90.2%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(52.2, 68.3%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52.2, 28.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 28.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,722,154
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE6AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77847WCAG 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 16.57:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#101955

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1E2A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4E6ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F9DED6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 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 text16.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 1.6Moccasin · ΔE 9.4Wheat · ΔE 9.9Navajo white · ΔE 10.7Lemon chiffon · ΔE 10.7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 13
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 1.55, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AAB3EF
Analogous#EFC4AA, #D6EFAA
Triadic#AAEFE6, #E6AAEF
Split complementary#AAD6EF, #C3AAEF
Tetradic#AAEFC4, #AAB3EF, #EFAAD6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F3D5
Darker −10%#E7D97F
Darker −20%#DFCD54
Darker −30%#D7C029
Darker −40%#AD9A20
More saturated +25%#FCEF9D
Less saturated −25%#E2DDB7

Channel breakdown

R239
G230
B170
Red239 (93.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue52.17°
Saturation (HSL)68.32%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E6 · B AA

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