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Colour

#EFE8BC

  • #EFE8BC
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#EFE8BC is a yellow with RGB values 239, 232, 188 and HSL 52°, 61%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#EFE8BC#EFE8BC
HEX#EFE8BC
RGBrgb(239, 232, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9098, 0.7373
RGB percentages93.7%, 91%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(51.8, 61.4%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.8, 21.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 21.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,722,684
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE8BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79695WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#101743

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1E5B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3E8BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#F7E2DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.2Wheat · ΔE 6.7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.9Moccasin · ΔE 8.1Blanched almond · ΔE 8.9Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9.1
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 6.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCC3EF
Analogous#EFCFBC, #DDEFBC
Triadic#BCEFE8, #E8BCEF
Split complementary#BCDDEF, #CFBCEF
Tetradic#BCEFCF, #BCC3EF, #EFBCDD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F6E5
Darker −10%#E5DA93
Darker −20%#DBCC6A
Darker −30%#D2BE40
Darker −40%#B4A12B
More saturated +25%#F9F0B2
Less saturated −25%#E5E0C6

Channel breakdown

R239
G232
B188
Red239 (93.7%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue51.76°
Saturation (HSL)61.45%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E8 · B BC

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