#EFCCBE

sRGB: 239 / 204 / 190

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#EFCCBE belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 204 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 17.1° lands in the orange region. Its 60.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (14.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 204, 190
HSL: 17.14°, 60.49%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 17.14°, 20.50%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 14.64%, 20.50%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.481, 65.255, 57.810
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.615, 10.153, 11.536
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65254
24-bit decimal: 15715518

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 #EFCCBE 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: 14.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

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

#BEE1EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFCCBE 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.

#EFCCBE #BEE1EF

Analogous

#EFBEC8 and #EFE5BE sit 30° to either side of #EFCCBE. 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.

#EFBEC8 #EFCCBE #EFE5BE

Triadic

#EFCCBE, #BEEFCC and #CCBEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFCCBE #BEEFCC #CCBEEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFCCBE and look across the wheel. #BEEFE4 and #BEC9EF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFCCBE #BEEFE4 #BEC9EF

Square

Starting with #EFCCBE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C9EFBE, #BEE1EF, then #E4BEEF. Across the square, #EFCCBE pairs with #BEE1EF, and #C9EFBE with #E4BEEF.

#EFCCBE #C9EFBE #BEE1EF #E4BEEF

Tetradic

#EFCCBE and #BEE1EF are opposites, as are #E1EFBE and #CCBEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFCCBE #E1EFBE #BEE1EF #CCBEEF

Tints

Mixing #EFCCBE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2D6CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFCCBE #F2D6CB #F5E0D8 #F9EBE5 #FCF5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFCCBE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFA398, keeps 80% of the original. By #302926, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFCCBE #BFA398 #8F7A72 #60524C #302926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFCCBE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9BDB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #968F8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFCCBE #D9BDB2 #C3AEA5 #AC9E99 #968F8C #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

#EFCCBE

RGB

rgb(239 204 190)

HSL

hsl(17.143 60.494% 84.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFCCBE uses 239 red, 204 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 80.0%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFCCBE is 0.0% cyan, 14.6% magenta, 20.5% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 14.6%

Yellow 20.5%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EECCBB Nearest web-safe: #FFCCCC

Gradient to complement

#EFCCBE #E7D0C6 #DFD3CE #D7D7D7 #CEDADF #C6DEE7 #BEE1EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFCCBE 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.

#D4CFBD

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.

#DCD6BE

Tritanopia

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

#F9C7C8

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.

#DFCFBD

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.

#E2D2BE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F0CBC2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D3D3D3

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.

#E2D0C9

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 0.86316 G 0.60383 B 0.51492

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 0.91485 G 0.80506 B 0.75306

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81712 G 0.61244 B 0.52730

CIE xyY

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

x 0.351 y 0.344 Y 65.255

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 20.000 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11001100 10111110