Recognised as Colour

#EFF99A

#EFF99A
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#EFF99A is a yellow with RGB values 239, 249, 154 and HSL 66°, 89%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#EFF99A#EFF99A

HEX#EFF99A

RGBrgb(239, 249, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9765, 0.6039

RGB percentages93.7%, 97.6%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(66.3, 88.8%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(66.3, 38.2%, 97.6%)

CMYK4%, 0%, 38.2%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,727,002

CSS custom property--colour: #EFF99A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.88435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness237 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.69:1

Contrast with white1.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F0F0F0

Inverted#100665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF193no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF39Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FAEFE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 9.7 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 17.3 Dark khaki · ΔE 24.1 Lemon chiffon · ΔE 25.3 Moccasin · ΔE 27 Light goldenrod yellow · ΔE 27.5

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#A49AF9

Analogous#F9D39A, #C0F99A

Triadic#9AEFF9, #F99AEF

Split complementary#9AC0F9, #D39AF9

Tetradic#9AF9D3, #A49AF9, #F99AC0

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFFFA

Lighter +10%#F7FCCA

Darker −10%#E7F66A

Darker −20%#E0F33A

Darker −30%#D5EC0E

Darker −40%#A9BC0B

More saturated +25%#F4FF94

Less saturated −25%#E4ECA7

Channel breakdown

R239

G249

B154

Red239 (93.7%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue66.32°

Saturation (HSL)88.79%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EF · G F9 · B 9A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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