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Recognised as Colour

#EFE6AE

  • #EFE6AE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFE6AE is a yellow with RGB values 239, 230, 174 and HSL 52°, 67%, 81%. 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

#EFE6AE#EFE6AE
HEX#EFE6AE
RGBrgb(239, 230, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.902, 0.6824
RGB percentages93.7%, 90.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(51.7, 67%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.7, 27.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 3.8%, 27.2%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,722,158
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.6:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#101951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1E2AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#F4E6B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#F9DED7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.6 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 text16.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 3.2Moccasin · ΔE 8.2Wheat · ΔE 8.4Lemon chiffon · ΔE 9.3Navajo white · ΔE 10Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 3.17, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AEB7EF
Analogous#EFC5AE, #D8EFAE
Triadic#AEEFE6, #E6AEEF
Split complementary#AED8EF, #C5AEEF
Tetradic#AEEFC5, #AEB7EF, #EFAED8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F7F3D9
Darker −10%#E7D983
Darker −20%#DECC59
Darker −30%#D6BF2E
Darker −40%#AF9B22
More saturated +25%#FBEFA2
Less saturated −25%#E3DDBA

Channel breakdown

R239
G230
B174
Red239 (93.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue51.69°
Saturation (HSL)67.01%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E6 · B AE

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