#effa8b

Color #effa8b

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 13.34 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#effa8b

RGB

rgb(239, 250, 139)

HSL

hsl(65.9, 91.7%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.9, 44.4%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 44.4%, 2%)

LAB

lab(95.41, -19.31, 51.77)

LCH

lch(95.41, 55.25, 110.46)

OKLCH

oklch(95.4%, 0.1357, 113.64)

HWB

hwb(65.9, 54.5%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968bfa

Analogous

#facd8b

#effa8b

#b8fa8b

Triadic

#effa8b

#8beffa

#fa8bef

Split-complementary

#effa8b

#8bb8fa

#cd8bfa

Tetradic

#effa8b

#8bfa96

#968bfa

#fa8bef

Square

#effa8b

#8bfacd

#968bfa

#fa8bb8

Shades

Color #effa8b mixed toward black.

#e7f74d

#def50f

#a9ba08

#717c05

#383e03

Tints

Color #effa8b mixed toward white.

#f2fb9e

#f4fcb2

#f7fcc5

#fafdd8

#fcfeec

Tones

Color #effa8b mixed toward gray.

#e8f194

#e0e89e

#d9dea7

#d1d5b0

#caccb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

18.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (18.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f4f4af · ΔE 6.9

Deuteranopia

#f3f2b6 · ΔE 8.6

Tritanopia

#f0c5ca · ΔE 38.6

Achromatopsia

#f2f2f2 · ΔE 24.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #effa8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#effa8b]

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Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#effa8b (#effa8b) is rgb(239, 250, 139) in RGB.

No, #effa8b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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