#EFCFBF

sRGB: 239 / 207 / 191

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#EFCFBF belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 207 green and 191 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 20.0° lands in the orange region. Its 60.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.3% 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 (14.35:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 207, 191
HSL: 20.00°, 60.00%, 84.31%
HSV / HSB: 20.00°, 20.08%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 13.39%, 20.08%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.311, 66.739, 58.628
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.372, 8.729, 12.081
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66738
24-bit decimal: 15716287

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 #EFCFBF 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: 14.35:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.46:1

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

#BFDFEF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFCFBF 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.

#EFCFBF #BFDFEF

Analogous

#EFBFC7 and #EFE7BF sit 30° to either side of #EFCFBF. 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.

#EFBFC7 #EFCFBF #EFE7BF

Triadic

#EFCFBF, #BFEFCF and #CFBFEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFCFBF #BFEFCF #CFBFEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFCFBF and look across the wheel. #BFEFE7 and #BFC7EF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFCFBF #BFEFE7 #BFC7EF

Square

Starting with #EFCFBF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C7EFBF, #BFDFEF, then #E7BFEF. Across the square, #EFCFBF pairs with #BFDFEF, and #C7EFBF with #E7BFEF.

#EFCFBF #C7EFBF #BFDFEF #E7BFEF

Tetradic

#EFCFBF and #BFDFEF are opposites, as are #DFEFBF and #CFBFEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFCFBF #DFEFBF #BFDFEF #CFBFEF

Tints

Mixing #EFCFBF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2D9CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFCFBF #F2D9CC #F5E2D9 #F9ECE5 #FCF5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFCFBF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFA699, keeps 80% of the original. By #302926, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFCFBF #BFA699 #8F7C73 #60534C #302926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFCFBF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9BFB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #96908D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFCFBF #D9BFB2 #C3AFA6 #ACA099 #96908D #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

#EFCFBF

RGB

rgb(239 207 191)

HSL

hsl(20.000 60.000% 84.314%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFCFBF uses 239 red, 207 green and 191 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 81.2%

Blue 74.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFCFBF is 0.0% cyan, 13.4% magenta, 20.1% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 13.4%

Yellow 20.1%

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 #EFCFBF 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

#EFCFBF #E7D2C7 #DFD4CF #D7D7D7 #CFDADF #C7DCE7 #BFDFEF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFCFBF 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.

#D7D2BE

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.

#DFD8BF

Tritanopia

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

#F8CACA

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.

#E0D1BE

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.

#E3D5BF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F0CEC3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#E3D2CB

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 0.62396 B 0.52100

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 0.91661 G 0.81634 B 0.75751

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.82069 G 0.63190 B 0.53429

CIE xyY

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

x 0.349 y 0.346 Y 66.739

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 18.824 Y % 25.098

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11001111 10111111