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Recognised as Colour

#EFE7BD

  • #EFE7BD
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Wheat

#EFE7BD is a yellow with RGB values 239, 231, 189 and HSL 50°, 61%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Wheat.

Colour values

#EFE7BD#EFE7BD
HEX#EFE7BD
RGBrgb(239, 231, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9059, 0.7412
RGB percentages93.7%, 90.6%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(50.4, 61%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(50.4, 20.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 3.3%, 20.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,722,429
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE7BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.84:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#101842

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0E4BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F2E8BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#F7E1DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Wheat · ΔE 6.3Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.6Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.9Blanched almond · ΔE 7.9Moccasin · ΔE 8Bisque · ΔE 8.7
Nearest named CSS colourWheat (#F5DEB3)ΔE 6.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDC5EF
Analogous#EFCEBD, #DEEFBD
Triadic#BDEFE7, #E7BDEF
Split complementary#BDDEEF, #CEBDEF
Tetradic#BDEFCE, #BDC5EF, #EFBDDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F6E6
Darker −10%#E5D894
Darker −20%#DBC96B
Darker −30%#D1BA42
Darker −40%#B49E2C
More saturated +25%#F9EEB3
Less saturated −25%#E5E0C7

Channel breakdown

R239
G231
B189
Red239 (93.7%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue50.4°
Saturation (HSL)60.98%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E7 · B BD

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