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Recognised as Colour

#EFED00

  • #EFED00
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow

#EFED00 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 237, 0 and HSL 59°, 100%, 47%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#EFED00#EFED00
HEX#EFED00
RGBrgb(239, 237, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9294, 0
RGB percentages93.7%, 92.9%, 0%
HSLhsl(59.5, 100%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(59.5, 100%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 0.8%, 100%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,723,776
CSS custom property--colour: #EFED00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.78:1
Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#1012FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FFE300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#FFE92Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Tritanopia#FFDDCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 81.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 8Gold · ΔE 18.3Yellow green · ΔE 32.9Green yellow · ΔE 33.8Goldenrod · ΔE 40.5Khaki · ΔE 45.8
Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 7.96, clearly different but related
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0002EF
Analogous#EF7500, #79EF00
Triadic#00EFED, #ED00EF
Split complementary#0079EF, #7500EF
Tetradic#00EF76, #0002EF, #EF007A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFEBC
Lighter +30%#FFFE89
Lighter +20%#FFFE56
Lighter +10%#FFFD23
Darker −10%#BCBA00
Darker −20%#898800
Darker −30%#565500
Darker −40%#232300
More saturated +25%#EFED00
Less saturated −25%#D1D01E

Channel breakdown

R239
G237
B0
Red239 (93.7%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue59.5°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR EF · G ED · B 00

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