Recognised as Colour

#EFEBA6

#EFEBA6
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFEBA6 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 235, 166 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

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HEX#EFEBA6

RGBrgb(239, 235, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9216, 0.651

RGB percentages93.7%, 92.2%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(56.7, 69.5%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(56.7, 30.5%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 1.7%, 30.5%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,723,430

CSS custom property--colour: #EFEBA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229.4 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#101459

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F7E6A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9E9A9no 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 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 3.6 Khaki · ΔE 11 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 13.6 Moccasin · ΔE 13.8 Wheat · ΔE 14.7 Navajo white · ΔE 14.8

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 3.57, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A6AAEF

Analogous#EFC7A6, #CFEFA6

Triadic#A6EFEB, #EBA6EF

Split complementary#A6CFEF, #C7A6EF

Tetradic#A6EFC7, #A6AAEF, #EFA6CF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFEFC

Lighter +10%#F7F5D1

Darker −10%#E7E17B

Darker −20%#DFD850

Darker −30%#D6CC26

Darker −40%#AAA31F

More saturated +25%#FCF799

Less saturated −25%#E2DFB3

Channel breakdown

R239

G235

B166

Red239 (93.7%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue56.71°

Saturation (HSL)69.52%

Lightness79.41%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G EB · B A6

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