Colour

#FFEF6C

#FFEF6C
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFEF6C is a yellow with RGB values 255, 239, 108 and HSL 53°, 100%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Khaki.

Colour values

#FFEF6C#FFEF6C

HEX#FFEF6C

RGBrgb(255, 239, 108)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9373, 0.4235

RGB percentages100%, 93.7%, 42.4%

HSLhsl(53.5, 100%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.5, 57.6%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 57.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,972

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEF6C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84076WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.82:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#001093

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE85Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF073no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.4 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 text17.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Khaki · ΔE 19.3 Gold · ΔE 25.5 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.8 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.8 Yellow green · ΔE 32.6 Yellow · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 19.26, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6C7CFF

Analogous#FFA56C, #C5FF6C

Triadic#6CFFEF, #EF6CFF

Split complementary#6CC5FF, #A56CFF

Tetradic#6CFFA6, #6C7CFF, #FF6CC6

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFAD2

Lighter +10%#FFF59F

Darker −10%#FFE939

Darker −20%#FFE406

Darker −30%#D2BB00

Darker −40%#9F8E00

More saturated +25%#FFEF6C

Less saturated −25%#EDE17E

Channel breakdown

R255

G239

B108

Red255 (100%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue108 (42.4%)

Hue53.47°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.18%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EF · B 6C

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