#effa9d

Color #effa9d

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 10.08 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#effa9d

RGB

rgb(239, 250, 157)

HSL

hsl(67.1, 90.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.1, 37.2%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 37.2%, 2%)

LAB

lab(95.65, -17.42, 43.4)

LCH

lch(95.65, 46.77, 111.87)

OKLCH

oklch(95.6%, 0.1166, 114.15)

HWB

hwb(67.1, 61.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a89dfa

Analogous

#fad69d

#effa9d

#c0fa9d

Triadic

#effa9d

#9deffa

#fa9def

Split-complementary

#effa9d

#9dc0fa

#d69dfa

Tetradic

#effa9d

#9dfaa8

#a89dfa

#fa9def

Square

#effa9d

#9dfad6

#a89dfa

#fa9dc0

Shades

Color #effa9d mixed toward black.

#e4f75c

#daf31c

#acc20a

#738107

#394103

Tints

Color #effa9d mixed toward white.

#f2fbad

#f4fcbe

#f7fdce

#fafdde

#fcfeef

Tones

Color #effa9d mixed toward gray.

#e9f2a5

#e3eaac

#dde3b4

#d7dbbc

#d1d3c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

18.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (18.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f4f4b9 · ΔE 6.4

Deuteranopia

#f3f2bf · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#f0ccd0 · ΔE 35

Achromatopsia

#f2f2f2 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #effa9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#effa9d]

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Frequently asked questions

#effa9d (#effa9d) is rgb(239, 250, 157) in RGB.

No, #effa9d 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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