#effb8a

Color #effb8a

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 14.28 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#effb8a

RGB

rgb(239, 251, 138)

HSL

hsl(66.4, 93.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.4, 45%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 45%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(95.66, -19.89, 52.54)

LCH

lch(95.66, 56.18, 110.74)

OKLCH

oklch(95.6%, 0.1379, 114)

HWB

hwb(66.4, 54.1%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#968afb

Analogous

#fbcf8a

#effb8a

#b7fb8a

Triadic

#effb8a

#8aeffb

#fb8aef

Split-complementary

#effb8a

#8ab7fb

#cf8afb

Tetradic

#effb8a

#8afb96

#968afb

#fb8aef

Square

#effb8a

#8afbcf

#968afb

#fb8ab7

Shades

Color #effb8a mixed toward black.

#e6f94b

#def70d

#a9bc06

#717d04

#383f02

Tints

Color #effb8a mixed toward white.

#f2fc9e

#f4fcb1

#f7fdc5

#fafed8

#fcfeec

Tones

Color #effb8a mixed toward gray.

#e8f294

#e0e89d

#d9dfa6

#d1d5b0

#caccb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

18.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (18.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f4f4af · ΔE 7.2

Deuteranopia

#f4f3b6 · ΔE 8.7

Tritanopia

#f0c6ca · ΔE 38.3

Achromatopsia

#f2f2f2 · ΔE 24.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #effb8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#effb8a]

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Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#effb8a (#effb8a) is rgb(239, 251, 138) in RGB.

No, #effb8a 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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