Recognised as Colour

#EFEEAC

#EFEEAC
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Pale goldenrod

#EFEEAC is a yellow with RGB values 239, 238, 172 and HSL 59°, 68%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale goldenrod.

Colour values

#EFEEAC#EFEEAC

HEX#EFEEAC

RGBrgb(239, 238, 172)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9333, 0.6745

RGB percentages93.7%, 93.3%, 67.5%

HSLhsl(59.1, 67.7%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(59.1, 28%, 93.7%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 28%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,724,204

CSS custom property--colour: #EFEEAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82478WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.5:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#101153

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9E9A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original

Deuteranopia#FAECAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Tritanopia#F9E6DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale goldenrod · ΔE 3.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 11.9 Khaki · ΔE 13.1 Moccasin · ΔE 13.5 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 14.1 Wheat · ΔE 14.3

Nearest named CSS colourPale goldenrod (#EEE8AA)ΔE 3.13, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ACADEF

Analogous#EFCDAC, #CFEFAC

Triadic#ACEFEE, #EEACEF

Split complementary#ACCFEF, #CCACEF

Tetradic#ACEFCD, #ACADEF, #EFACCF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#F7F7D7

Darker −10%#E7E581

Darker −20%#DFDC56

Darker −30%#D6D42C

Darker −40%#AEAB21

More saturated +25%#FBFAA0

Less saturated −25%#E3E2B8

Channel breakdown

R239

G238

B172

Red239 (93.7%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue172 (67.5%)

Hue59.1°

Saturation (HSL)67.68%

Lightness80.59%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR EF · G EE · B AC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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