Recognised as Colour

#EFEBA5

#EFEBA5
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFEBA5 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 235, 165 and HSL 57°, 70%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFEBA5#EFEBA5

HEX#EFEBA5

RGBrgb(239, 235, 165)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9216, 0.6471

RGB percentages93.7%, 92.2%, 64.7%

HSLhsl(56.8, 69.8%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.8, 31%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 31%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,723,429

CSS custom property--colour: #EFEBA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80484WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.1:1

Contrast with white1.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#10145A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E6A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E9A8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FAE2D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 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 text17.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 4 Khaki · ΔE 10.6 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 14.1 Moccasin · ΔE 14.1 Navajo white · ΔE 15.1 Wheat · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 4.04, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A5A9EF

Analogous#EFC6A5, #CEEFA5

Triadic#A5EFEB, #EBA5EF

Split complementary#A5CEEF, #C6A5EF

Tetradic#A5EFC6, #A5A9EF, #EFA5CE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFC

Lighter +10%#F7F5D0

Darker −10%#E7E17A

Darker −20%#E0D84E

Darker −30%#D5CC26

Darker −40%#AAA21E

More saturated +25%#FCF798

Less saturated −25%#E2DFB2

Channel breakdown

R239

G235

B165

Red239 (93.7%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue165 (64.7%)

Hue56.76°

Saturation (HSL)69.81%

Lightness79.22%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G EB · B A5

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