Recognised as Colour

#EFEE9E

#EFEE9E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFEE9E is a yellow with RGB values 239, 238, 158 and HSL 59°, 72%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFEE9E#EFEE9E

HEX#EFEE9E

RGBrgb(239, 238, 158)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9333, 0.6196

RGB percentages93.7%, 93.3%, 62%

HSLhsl(59.3, 71.7%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.3, 33.9%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 33.9%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,724,190

CSS custom property--colour: #EFEE9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness230.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.39:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#101161

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBE898no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FCEBA1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FAE4DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 6.9 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 9 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 18.4 Moccasin · ΔE 18.7 Navajo white · ΔE 19.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 6.89, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#9E9FEF

Analogous#EFC59E, #C8EF9E

Triadic#9EEFEE, #EE9EEF

Split complementary#9EC8EF, #C69EEF

Tetradic#9EEFC5, #9E9FEF, #EF9EC8

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFDF6

Lighter +10%#F6F6CA

Darker −10%#E8E672

Darker −20%#E1DF46

Darker −30%#D1CF23

Darker −40%#A6A41B

More saturated +25%#FDFC90

Less saturated −25%#E1E0AC

Channel breakdown

R239

G238

B158

Red239 (93.7%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue158 (62%)

Hue59.26°

Saturation (HSL)71.68%

Lightness77.84%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G EE · B 9E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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