Recognised as Colour

#EFEA96

#EFEA96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFEA96 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 234, 150 and HSL 57°, 74%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFEA96#EFEA96

HEX#EFEA96

RGBrgb(239, 234, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9176, 0.5882

RGB percentages93.7%, 91.8%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(56.6, 73.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.6, 37.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 2.1%, 37.2%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,723,158

CSS custom property--colour: #EFEA96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.88:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5

Inverted#101569

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8E490no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAE899no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FBE0D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 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 text16.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 10.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 18.2 Moccasin · ΔE 19.7 Navajo white · ΔE 19.9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 3.96, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#969BEF

Analogous#EFBD96, #C8EF96

Triadic#96EFEA, #EA96EF

Split complementary#96C8EF, #BD96EF

Tetradic#96EFBD, #969BEF, #EF96C8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFCEF

Lighter +10%#F6F3C2

Darker −10%#E8E16A

Darker −20%#E2D83D

Darker −30%#CDC31F

Darker −40%#A19918

More saturated +25%#FEF787

Less saturated −25%#E0DDA5

Channel breakdown

R239

G234

B150

Red239 (93.7%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue56.63°

Saturation (HSL)73.55%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G EA · B 96

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