#EEEFBD

sRGB: 238 / 239 / 189

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends transform the fabric of existence
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#EEEFBD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 239 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 61.2° lands in the yellow region. Its 61.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.72:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 239, 189
HSL: 61.20°, 60.98%, 83.92%
HSV / HSB: 61.20°, 20.92%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.42%, 0.00%, 20.92%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 75.309, 83.585, 60.312
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.270, -8.317, 24.155
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83584
24-bit decimal: 15658941

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EEEFBD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.72:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.19:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BEBDEF sits half a turn (180°) from #EEEFBD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EEEFBD #BEBDEF

Analogous

#EFD7BD and #D5EFBD sit 30° to either side of #EEEFBD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EFD7BD #EEEFBD #D5EFBD

Triadic

#EEEFBD, #BDEEEF and #EFBDEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEEFBD #BDEEEF #EFBDEE

Split complementary

Start at #EEEFBD and look across the wheel. #BDD5EF and #D7BDEF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEEFBD #BDD5EF #D7BDEF

Square

Starting with #EEEFBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BDEFD7, #BEBDEF, then #EFBDD5. Across the square, #EEEFBD pairs with #BEBDEF, and #BDEFD7 with #EFBDD5.

#EEEFBD #BDEFD7 #BEBDEF #EFBDD5

Tetradic

#EEEFBD and #BEBDEF are opposites, as are #BDEFBE and #EFBDEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEEFBD #BDEFBE #BEBDEF #EFBDEE

Tints

Mixing #EEEFBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F2CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFCF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEEFBD #F1F2CA #F5F5D7 #F8F9E5 #FCFCF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEEFBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBF97, keeps 80% of the original. By #303026, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEEFBD #BEBF97 #8F8F71 #5F604C #303026 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEEFBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8D9B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #96968C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEEFBD #D8D9B1 #C2C3A5 #ACAC98 #96968C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EEEFBD

RGB

rgb(238 239 189)

HSL

hsl(61.200 60.976% 83.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EEEFBD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEEFBD uses 238 red, 239 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 93.7%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEEFBD is 0.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 20.9% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 20.9%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EEB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EEEFBD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEBB Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EEEFBD #E6E7C5 #DEDECE #D6D6D6 #CECEDE #C6C5E7 #BEBDEF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEEFBD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F8EBBA

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#F8EDBF

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F5E9E1

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F4ECBC

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F5EDBE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F0EDCB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#ECECEC

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#EDEDD6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.85499 G 0.86316 B 0.50888

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.93403 G 0.93713 B 0.76139

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.85644 G 0.86289 B 0.54044

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.344 y 0.381 Y 83.585

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 6.667 M % 6.275 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101110 11101111 10111101