Colour

#EFEE8C

#EFEE8C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFEE8C is a yellow with RGB values 239, 238, 140 and HSL 59°, 76%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFEE8C#EFEE8C

HEX#EFEE8C

RGBrgb(239, 238, 140)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9333, 0.549

RGB percentages93.7%, 93.3%, 54.9%

HSLhsl(59.4, 75.6%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.4, 41.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 41.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,724,172

CSS custom property--colour: #EFEE8C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81393WCAG 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 17.28:1

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

Contrast with black17.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#101173

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FCE784no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#FEEB90no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FCE3D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.9 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 text17.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 5.4 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.6 Dark khaki · ΔE 21.1 Navajo white · ΔE 26.3 Moccasin · ΔE 26.4 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 27

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#8C8DEF

Analogous#EFBC8C, #BFEF8C

Triadic#8CEFEE, #EE8CEF

Split complementary#8CBFEF, #BC8CEF

Tetradic#8CEFBC, #8C8DEF, #EF8CBF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFBE6

Lighter +10%#F5F5B9

Darker −10%#E9E75F

Darker −20%#E3E132

Darker −30%#C6C51C

Darker −40%#9A9815

More saturated +25%#FFFE7C

Less saturated −25%#DFDE9C

Channel breakdown

R239

G238

B140

Red239 (93.7%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue140 (54.9%)

Hue59.39°

Saturation (HSL)75.57%

Lightness74.31%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G EE · B 8C

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Colour values

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