Recognised as Colour

#EFE740

#EFE740
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#EFE740 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 231, 64 and HSL 57°, 85%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#EFE740#EFE740

HEX#EFE740

RGBrgb(239, 231, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9059, 0.251

RGB percentages93.7%, 90.6%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(57.3, 84.5%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.3, 73.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 3.3%, 73.2%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,722,304

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE740;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness221.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1

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

Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#1018BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBDE1Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEE54Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD8C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 68.6 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 text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 17.2 Yellow · ΔE 20.2 Yellow green · ΔE 28.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.5 Khaki · ΔE 32.4 Green yellow · ΔE 37.6

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 17.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4048EF

Analogous#EF9040, #A0EF40

Triadic#40EFE7, #E740EF

Split complementary#409FEF, #9040EF

Tetradic#40EF90, #4048EF, #EF409F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFC

Lighter +30%#FBF9CD

Lighter +20%#F7F39E

Lighter +10%#F3ED6F

Darker −10%#E9DF13

Darker −20%#B9B210

Darker −30%#8A850C

Darker −40%#5B5808

More saturated +25%#FFF630

Less saturated −25%#D5CF5A

Channel breakdown

R239

G231

B64

Red239 (93.7%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue57.26°

Saturation (HSL)84.54%

Lightness59.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E7 · B 40

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Colour values

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