Recognised as Colour

#EFFA06

#EFFA06
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Yellow

#EFFA06 is a yellow with RGB values 239, 250, 6 and HSL 63°, 96%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow.

Colour values

#EFFA06#EFFA06

HEX#EFFA06

RGBrgb(239, 250, 6)

RGB (0–1)0.9373, 0.9804, 0.0235

RGB percentages93.7%, 98%, 2.4%

HSLhsl(62.7, 96.1%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(62.7, 97.6%, 98%)

CMYK4.4%, 0%, 97.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer15,727,110

CSS custom property--colour: #EFFA06;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86735WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness231.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.35:1

Contrast with white1.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#1005F9

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFED00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF233no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#FFEAD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 84.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.14:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow · ΔE 5.6 Gold · ΔE 25.4 Green yellow · ΔE 28.6 Yellow green · ΔE 33.3 Chartreuse · ΔE 43 Lawn green · ΔE 43.1

Nearest named CSS colourYellow (#FFFF00)ΔE 5.61, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1106FA

Analogous#FA8B06, #75FA06

Triadic#06EFFA, #FA06EF

Split complementary#0675FA, #8B06FA

Tetradic#06FA8B, #1106FA, #FA0675

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFECE

Lighter +30%#F9FD9C

Lighter +20%#F5FC6A

Lighter +10%#F2FB38

Darker −10%#C0C904

Darker −20%#909703

Darker −30%#616502

Darker −40%#313301

More saturated +25%#F4FF01

Less saturated −25%#D2DA26

Channel breakdown

R239

G250

Red239 (93.7%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue6 (2.4%)

Hue62.7°

Saturation (HSL)96.06%

Lightness50.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR EF · G FA · B 06

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