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Colour

#EFE8BE

  • #EFE8BE
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lemon chiffon

#EFE8BE is a yellow with RGB values 239, 232, 190 and HSL 51°, 60%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lemon chiffon.

Colour values

#EFE8BE#EFE8BE
HEX#EFE8BE
RGBrgb(239, 232, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9098, 0.7451
RGB percentages93.7%, 91%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(51.4, 60.5%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.4, 20.5%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 2.9%, 20.5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,722,686
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE8BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.96:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#101741

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F0E5BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#F3E8BFno 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 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 text16.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.2Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 6.5Wheat · ΔE 6.8Blanched almond · ΔE 8.1Moccasin · ΔE 8.4Bisque · ΔE 9
Nearest named CSS colourLemon chiffon (#FFFACD)ΔE 6.23, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEC5EF
Analogous#EFD0BE, #DEEFBE
Triadic#BEEFE8, #E8BEEF
Split complementary#BEDEEF, #D0BEEF
Tetradic#BEEFD0, #BEC5EF, #EFBEDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F9F6E7
Darker −10%#E5DA95
Darker −20%#DBCB6C
Darker −30%#D1BD43
Darker −40%#B5A12C
More saturated +25%#F9EFB4
Less saturated −25%#E5E1C8

Channel breakdown

R239
G232
B190
Red239 (93.7%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue51.43°
Saturation (HSL)60.49%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E8 · B BE

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