#EFDD94

sRGB: 239 / 221 / 148

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Electric visions illuminate forgotten empires
Rising tides drift toward tomorrow

#EFDD94 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 221 green and 148 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 48.1° lands in the yellow region. Its 74.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.9% 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 (15.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 221, 148
HSL: 48.13°, 73.98%, 75.88%
HSV / HSB: 48.13°, 38.08%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.53%, 38.08%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.796, 72.203, 38.436
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.066, -4.022, 38.086
WCAG relative luminance: 0.72202
24-bit decimal: 15719828

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 #EFDD94 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: 15.44:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.36:1

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

#94A6EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFDD94 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.

#EFDD94 #94A6EF

Analogous

#EFB094 and #D3EF94 sit 30° to either side of #EFDD94. 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.

#EFB094 #EFDD94 #D3EF94

Triadic

#EFDD94, #94EFDD and #DD94EF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFDD94 #94EFDD #DD94EF

Split complementary

Start at #EFDD94 and look across the wheel. #94D3EF and #B094EF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFDD94 #94D3EF #B094EF

Square

Starting with #EFDD94, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #94EFB0, #94A6EF, then #EF94D4. Across the square, #EFDD94 pairs with #94A6EF, and #94EFB0 with #EF94D4.

#EFDD94 #94EFB0 #94A6EF #EF94D4

Tetradic

#EFDD94 and #94A6EF are opposites, as are #A6EF94 and #DD94EF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFDD94 #A6EF94 #94A6EF #DD94EF

Tints

Mixing #EFDD94 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2E4A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF8EA, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFDD94 #F2E4A9 #F5EBBF #F9F1D4 #FCF8EA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFDD94 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB176, keeps 80% of the original. By #302C1E, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFDD94 #BFB176 #8F8559 #60583B #302C1E #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFDD94 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9CA90, keeps 80% of the original. By #969384, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFDD94 #D9CA90 #C3B88C #ACA588 #969384 #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

#EFDD94

RGB

rgb(239 221 148)

HSL

hsl(48.132 73.984% 75.882%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EFDD94;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFDD94 uses 239 red, 221 green and 148 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 86.7%

Blue 58.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFDD94 is 0.0% cyan, 7.5% magenta, 38.1% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.5%

Yellow 38.1%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDD99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ED9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EFDD94 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEDD99 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#EFDD94 #E0D4A3 #D1CBB2 #C2C2C2 #B2B8D1 #A3AFE0 #94A6EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFDD94 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.

#EBD98F

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.

#F0E097

Tritanopia

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

#FCD3CB

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.

#EDDB91

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.

#EFDE95

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F2DAAB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DDDDDD

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.

#E6DDBD

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 0.72306 B 0.29614

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 0.92524 G 0.86913 B 0.61533

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.83828 G 0.72771 B 0.33673

CIE xyY

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

x 0.376 y 0.407 Y 72.203

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 13.333 Y % 41.961

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11011101 10010100