#EFE4BD

sRGB: 239 / 228 / 189

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Immortal legends breathe beneath silver clouds
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#EFE4BD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 228 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 46.8° 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 (16.50:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 228, 189
HSL: 46.80°, 60.98%, 83.92%
HSV / HSB: 46.80°, 20.92%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.60%, 20.92%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.522, 77.512, 59.287
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.557, -2.402, 20.414
WCAG relative luminance: 0.77512
24-bit decimal: 15721661

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 #EFE4BD 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: 16.50:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.27:1

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

#BDC8EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFE4BD 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.

#EFE4BD #BDC8EF

Analogous

#EFCBBD and #E1EFBD sit 30° to either side of #EFE4BD. 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.

#EFCBBD #EFE4BD #E1EFBD

Triadic

#EFE4BD, #BDEFE4 and #E4BDEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFE4BD #BDEFE4 #E4BDEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFE4BD and look across the wheel. #BDE1EF and #CBBDEF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFE4BD #BDE1EF #CBBDEF

Square

Starting with #EFE4BD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BDEFCB, #BDC8EF, then #EFBDE1. Across the square, #EFE4BD pairs with #BDC8EF, and #BDEFCB with #EFBDE1.

#EFE4BD #BDEFCB #BDC8EF #EFBDE1

Tetradic

#EFE4BD and #BDC8EF are opposites, as are #C8EFBD and #E4BDEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFE4BD #C8EFBD #BDC8EF #E4BDEF

Tints

Mixing #EFE4BD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2E9CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFAF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFE4BD #F2E9CA #F5EFD7 #F9F4E5 #FCFAF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFE4BD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB697, keeps 80% of the original. By #302E26, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFE4BD #BFB697 #8F8971 #605B4C #302E26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFE4BD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D0B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #96948C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFE4BD #D9D0B1 #C3BCA5 #ACA898 #96948C #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

#EFE4BD

RGB

rgb(239 228 189)

HSL

hsl(46.800 60.976% 83.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EFE4BD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFE4BD uses 239 red, 228 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 89.4%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFE4BD is 0.0% cyan, 4.6% magenta, 20.9% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.6%

Yellow 20.9%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDDBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EDB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EFE4BD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#EFE4BD #E7DFC5 #DEDBCE #D6D6D6 #CED1DE #C5CDE7 #BDC8EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFE4BD 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.

#EDE2BB

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.

#F0E6BE

Tritanopia

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

#F7DED9

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.

#EEE3BC

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.

#EFE5BE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F1E2C8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E4E4E4

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.

#EAE4D2

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 0.77582 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 0.92979 G 0.89559 B 0.75749

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84765 G 0.77872 B 0.53426

CIE xyY

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

x 0.346 y 0.370 Y 77.512

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 10.588 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11100100 10111101