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Colour

#EFEFC8

  • #EFEFC8
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light goldenrod yellow

#EFEFC8 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 239, 200 and HSL 60°, 55%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light goldenrod yellow.

Colour values

#EFEFC8#EFEFC8
HEX#EFEFC8
RGBrgb(239, 239, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9373, 0.7843
RGB percentages93.7%, 93.7%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(60, 54.9%, 86.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(60, 16.3%, 93.7%)
CMYK0%, 0%, 16.3%, 6.3%naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,724,488
CSS custom property--colour: #EFEFC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84254WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness234.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.85:1
Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#101037

Colour vision & accessibility

Protanopia#F6ECC6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#F7EDC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Tritanopia#F5EAE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Nearest named CSS colourLight goldenrod yellow (#FAFAD2)ΔE 3.82, a close match
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

Complementary#C8C8EF
Analogous#EFDCC8, #DCEFC8
Triadic#C8EFEF, #EFC8EF
Split complementary#C8DCEF, #DCC8EF
Tetradic#C8EFDC, #C8C8EF, #EFC8DC

Tints, shades & saturation

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FAFAF0
Darker −10%#E4E4A0
Darker −20%#D8D879
Darker −30%#CDCD51
Darker −40%#B6B635
More saturated +25%#F8F8BF
Less saturated −25%#E6E6D1

Channel breakdown

R239
G239
B200
Red239 (93.7%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue60°
Saturation (HSL)54.93%
Lightness86.08%
Dominant channelRed and Green
Hex per channelR EF · G EF · B C8

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