Recognised as Colour

#EFED96

#EFED96
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFED96 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 237, 150 and HSL 59°, 74%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFED96#EFED96

HEX#EFED96

RGBrgb(239, 237, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9294, 0.5882

RGB percentages93.7%, 92.9%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(58.7, 73.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(58.7, 37.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 0.8%, 37.2%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,723,926

CSS custom property--colour: #EFED96;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81121WCAG 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 17.22:1

Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#101269

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE68Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCEA9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FBE3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 4.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 12.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.3 Moccasin · ΔE 21.5 Navajo white · ΔE 21.7 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 4.24, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9698EF

Analogous#EFC196, #C4EF96

Triadic#96EFED, #ED96EF

Split complementary#96C4EF, #C196EF

Tetradic#96EFC1, #9698EF, #EF96C4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FCFCEF

Lighter +10%#F6F5C2

Darker −10%#E8E56A

Darker −20%#E2DE3D

Darker −30%#CDC91F

Darker −40%#A19D18

More saturated +25%#FEFB87

Less saturated −25%#E0DFA5

Channel breakdown

R239

G237

B150

Red239 (93.7%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue58.65°

Saturation (HSL)73.55%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G ED · B 96

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