Recognised as Colour

#EFE872

#EFE872
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFE872 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 232, 114 and HSL 57°, 80%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFE872#EFE872

HEX#EFE872

RGBrgb(239, 232, 114)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9098, 0.4471

RGB percentages93.7%, 91%, 44.7%

HSLhsl(56.6, 79.6%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 52.3%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 2.9%, 52.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,722,610

CSS custom property--colour: #EFE872;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.46:1

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

Contrast with black16.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1

Inverted#10178D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E167no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCE678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FEDBCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.4 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 text16.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 13 Dark khaki · ΔE 25.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 27 Yellow green · ΔE 30.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 31.1 Gold · ΔE 31.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 13.03, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#7279EF

Analogous#EFA972, #B8EF72

Triadic#72EFE8, #E872EF

Split complementary#72B8EF, #AA72EF

Tetradic#72EFAA, #7279EF, #EF72B8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFEFB

Lighter +20%#F9F7CE

Lighter +10%#F4EFA0

Darker −10%#EAE144

Darker −20%#E1D61A

Darker −30%#B4AB14

Darker −40%#867F0F

More saturated +25%#FFF662

Less saturated −25%#DBD786

Channel breakdown

R239

G232

B114

Red239 (93.7%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue114 (44.7%)

Hue56.64°

Saturation (HSL)79.62%

Lightness69.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G E8 · B 72

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