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Recognised as Colour

#EFE9B7

  • #EFE9B7
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFE9B7 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 233, 183 and HSL 54°, 64%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFE9B7#EFE9B7
HEX#EFE9B7
RGBrgb(239, 233, 183)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9137, 0.7176
RGB percentages93.7%, 91.4%, 71.8%
HSLhsl(53.6, 63.6%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.6, 23.4%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 2.5%, 23.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,722,935
CSS custom property--colour: #EFE9B7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80047WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.01:1
Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7
Inverted#101648

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F3E5B4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5E9B9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F8E2DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 6.1Lemon chiffon · ΔE 6.6Wheat · ΔE 7.7Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 8.2Moccasin · ΔE 8.3Navajo white · ΔE 10.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 6.11, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B7BDEF
Analogous#EFCDB7, #D9EFB7
Triadic#B7EFE9, #E9B7EF
Split complementary#B7D9EF, #CDB7EF
Tetradic#B7EFCD, #B7BDEF, #EFB7D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F8F6E1
Darker −10%#E6DC8D
Darker −20%#DCCF64
Darker −30%#D3C33A
Darker −40%#B2A328
More saturated +25%#FAF2AC
Less saturated −25%#E4E0C2

Channel breakdown

R239
G233
B183
Red239 (93.7%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue183 (71.8%)
Hue53.57°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G E9 · B B7

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