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#EFEC79

#efec79 ≈ Khaki

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#efec79 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.73% red, 92.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.26% magenta, 49.37% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 58.47°, with 78.67% saturation and 70.59% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Khaki (#f0e68c), ΔE 3.91.

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Web safe#ffff66
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Relative luminance0.7972

Complementary

  1. #efec79
  2. #797cef

Split complementary

  1. #efec79
  2. #79b7ef
  3. #b179ef

Analogous

  1. #efb179
  2. #efec79
  3. #b7ef79

Triadic

  1. #efec79
  2. #79efec
  3. #ec79ef

Tetradic

  1. #efec79
  2. #7cef79
  3. #797cef
  4. #ec79ef

Square

  1. #efec79
  2. #79efb1
  3. #797cef
  4. #ef79b7

Monochromatic

  1. #b9b516
  2. #e7e235
  3. #efec79
  4. #f7f6bd
  5. #fdfced

Shades

#efec79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #efec79
  2. #d7d46d
  3. #bfbd61
  4. #a7a555
  5. #8f8e49
  6. #78763d
  7. #605e30
  8. #484724
  9. #302f18
  10. #18180c
  11. #000000

Tints

#efec79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #efec79
  2. #f1ee86
  3. #f2f094
  4. #f4f2a1
  5. #f5f4af
  6. #f7f6bc
  7. #f9f7c9
  8. #faf9d7
  9. #fcfbe4
  10. #fdfdf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#efec79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #efec79
  2. #e4e17a
  3. #d9d67a
  4. #cecc7b
  5. #c3c17c
  6. #b8b67d
  7. #acab7d
  8. #a1a07e
  9. #96967f
  10. #8b8b7f
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eae9c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce46e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fee97f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fddfd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f7e773 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f8ea7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8e5b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-efec79 {
  color: #efec79;
}
Background
.bg-efec79 {
  background-color: #efec79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-efec79 {
  border: 2px solid #efec79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #efec79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 239 236 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 79% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-efec79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efec79, #b7ef79);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-efec79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(239 236 121 / 0.35);
}

#f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.91 #fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 4.07 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 4.45 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 4.72 #ffff66 Laser Lemon ΔE 5.41 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 5.84 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 6.21 #101386 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Khaki
#efec79  rgb(239, 236, 121)  hsl(58, 79%, 71%)  Khaki
#797cef  rgb(121, 124, 239)  hsl(238, 79%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue
#79efec  rgb(121, 239, 236)  hsl(178, 79%, 71%)  Electric Blue
#ec79ef  rgb(236, 121, 239)  hsl(298, 79%, 71%)  Violet