#EFCDAE

sRGB: 239 / 205 / 174

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Brilliant stars transcend the limits of dreams

#EFCDAE belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 205 green and 174 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 28.6° lands in the orange region. Its 67.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.0% 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 (14.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 205, 174
HSL: 28.62°, 67.01%, 80.98%
HSV / HSB: 28.62°, 27.20%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 14.23%, 27.20%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.065, 65.070, 49.178
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.520, 7.390, 19.871
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65069
24-bit decimal: 15715758

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 #EFCDAE 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: 14.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.50:1

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

#AED0EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFCDAE 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.

#EFCDAE #AED0EF

Analogous

#EFAEB0 and #EFEEAE sit 30° to either side of #EFCDAE. 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.

#EFAEB0 #EFCDAE #EFEEAE

Triadic

#EFCDAE, #AEEFCD and #CDAEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFCDAE #AEEFCD #CDAEEF

Split complementary

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

#EFCDAE #AEEFEE #AEAFEF

Square

Starting with #EFCDAE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AFEFAE, #AED0EF, then #EEAEEF. Across the square, #EFCDAE pairs with #AED0EF, and #AFEFAE with #EEAEEF.

#EFCDAE #AFEFAE #AED0EF #EEAEEF

Tetradic

#EFCDAE and #AED0EF are opposites, as are #D0EFAE and #CDAEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFCDAE #D0EFAE #AED0EF #CDAEEF

Tints

Mixing #EFCDAE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2D7BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF5EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFCDAE #F2D7BE #F5E1CE #F9EBDF #FCF5EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFCDAE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFA48B, keeps 80% of the original. By #302923, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFCDAE #BFA48B #8F7B68 #605246 #302923 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFCDAE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9BEA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #968F89, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFCDAE #D9BEA5 #C3AE9C #AC9F92 #968F89 #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

#EFCDAE

RGB

rgb(239 205 174)

HSL

hsl(28.615 67.010% 80.980%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFCDAE uses 239 red, 205 green and 174 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 80.4%

Blue 68.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFCDAE is 0.0% cyan, 14.2% magenta, 27.2% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 14.2%

Yellow 27.2%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EECCAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ECA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EFCDAE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EECCAA Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#EFCDAE #E4CEB9 #D9CEC4 #CFCFCF #C4CFD9 #B9D0E4 #AED0EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFCDAE 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.

#D8CFAC

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.

#E0D6AF

Tritanopia

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

#FBC6C4

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.

#E1CFAD

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.

#E4D3AE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F1CBB7

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.

#E2D0C2

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 0.61050 B 0.42327

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 0.91543 G 0.80882 B 0.69743

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81830 G 0.61888 B 0.44434

CIE xyY

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

x 0.363 y 0.363 Y 65.070

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 19.608 Y % 31.765

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11001101 10101110