Recognised as Colour

#FFEF6E

#FFEF6E
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Khaki

#FFEF6E is a yellow with RGB values 255, 239, 110 and HSL 53°, 100%, 72%. 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

#FFEF6E#FFEF6E

HEX#FFEF6E

RGBrgb(255, 239, 110)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.9373, 0.4314

RGB percentages100%, 93.7%, 43.1%

HSLhsl(53.4, 100%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(53.4, 56.9%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 56.9%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,772,974

CSS custom property--colour: #FFEF6E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84119WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness233.1 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#001091

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFE861no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF075no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original

Tritanopia#FFE0D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 56.1 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 18.4 Gold · ΔE 26.2 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.9 Dark khaki · ΔE 31.2 Pale goldenrod · ΔE 32.3 Yellow green · ΔE 32.8

Nearest named CSS colourKhaki (#F0E68C)ΔE 18.42, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#6E7EFF

Analogous#FFA66E, #C7FF6E

Triadic#6EFFEF, #EF6EFF

Split complementary#6EC7FF, #A66EFF

Tetradic#6EFFA6, #6E7EFF, #FF6EC7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFAD4

Lighter +10%#FFF5A1

Darker −10%#FFE93B

Darker −20%#FFE408

Darker −30%#D4BD00

Darker −40%#A18F00

More saturated +25%#FFEF6E

Less saturated −25%#EDE180

Channel breakdown

R255

G239

B110

Red255 (100%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue110 (43.1%)

Hue53.38°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness71.57%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G EF · B 6E

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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