#effd8a Color Information

#effd8a Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #effd8a. In RGB, it consists of 93.7% Red, 99.2% Green, and 54.1% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 5.5% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 45.5% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 67.3°, with saturation of 96.6% and lightness of 76.7%. The decimal value for #effd8a is 15728010, and its nearest "web safe" color is #ffff99. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #effd8a is green. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is yellow.
  • HexHex code for this color#effd8a Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color239, 253, 138 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color93.7%, 99.2%, 54.1% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.063, 0.008, 0.459 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.055, 0, 0.455, 0.008 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color67.3°, 96.6%, 76.7% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color67.3°, 45.5%, 99.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color75.309, 90.436, 37.532 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color138, 253, 152 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code15728010 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color96.177, -20.851, 53.179 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)96.177, 57.121, 111.410 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color96.177, -3.494, 73.350 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color95.098, -25.065, 43.169 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.370, 0.445, 90.436 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4293918090 / 0xffeffd8a Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#ffff99 Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #effd8a

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #effd8a, its pure hue is 67.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.6%, and its lightness is 76.7%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #effd8a, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1e2011 to #d1dd79.

Tints of #effd8a

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #effd8a, its pure hue is 67.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.6%, and its lightness is 76.7%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #effd8a, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #f1fd99 to #fdfff0.

Tones of #effd8a

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #effd8a, its pure hue is 67.3° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.6%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #effd8a, which range from #c4c4c4 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #f1ff88 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #effd8a

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #effd8a! For #effd8a, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #effd8a. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #effd8a

This color, #effd8a, consists of 93.7% Red, 99.2% Green, and 54.1% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 239, Green = 253, Blue = 138. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #effd8a is 5.5% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 45.5% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R93.7%
C5.5%
G99.2%
M0.0%
B54.1%
Y45.5%
K0.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 239 253 138
Octal 357 375 212
Hexa #ef #fd #8a
Binary 11101111 11111101 10001010
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 5 0 45 0
Octal 5 0 55 0
Hexa #05 #00 #2d #00
Binary 00000101 00000000 00101101 00000000

Analogous Colors of #effd8a

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #effd8a — which has hue 67.3° — its analogous colors are located at 37.3° and 97.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #effd8a.

Triadic Colors of #effd8a

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #effd8a — which has hue 67.3° — its triadic colors are located at 67.3° and 307.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #effd8a.

Complementary Color of #effd8a

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #effd8a — which has hue 67.3° — its complementary color is located at 247.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #effd8a.

Split Complementary Colors of #effd8a

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #effd8a — which has hue 67.3° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 67.3° and 277.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #effd8a.

Tetradic Colors of #effd8a

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #effd8a — which has hue 67.3° — its tetradic colors are located at 337.3°, 67.3°, 157.3°, and 247.3° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #effd8a.

Monochromatic Colors of #effd8a

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #effd8a, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #e6fb51 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f7ffc4 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #effd8a

We want to make getting started with #effd8a on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #effd8a into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #effd8a can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #effd8a with other HTML elements.

#effd8a Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #effd8a.
<span style="color: #effd8a;">The color of this text is #effd8a.</span>

#effd8a Background Color

The background color for this text is #effd8a.
<div style="background-color: #effd8a; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #effd8a.</div>

#effd8a Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #effd8a.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #effd8a;">This color for the shadow of this text is #effd8a.</span>

#effd8a Border Color

This is a div with border color #effd8a.
<div style="border: #effd8a 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #effd8a.</div>

#effd8a Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #effd8a on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #effd8a; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #effd8a on a white background.</div></div>

#effd8a Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #effd8a on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #effd8a; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #effd8a on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #effd8a to White

This is a gradient from #effd8a to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#effd8a,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#effd8a,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#effd8a,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#effd8a,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #effd8a to white.</div>

Gradient from #effd8a to Black

This is a gradient from #effd8a to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#effd8a,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#effd8a,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#effd8a,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#effd8a,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #effd8a to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #effd8a

In addition to using #effd8a on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #effd8a in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #effd8a, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 239, Green = 253, Blue = 138). If you need details about the color coordinates of #effd8a in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #effd8a
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(239, 253, 138)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #effd8a; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #effd8a; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #effd8a; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(239, 253, 138);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#effd8a")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:239, green:253, blue:138, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:239 green:253 blue:138 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(239f, 253f, 138f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(239, 253, 138);
 

#effd8a Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #effd8a the same way. For those with color blindness, #effd8a might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #effd8a looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #effd8a is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #effd8a looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #effd8a will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #effd8a is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 1.1:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
Large Size Text