#EFE5DA

sRGB: 239 / 229 / 218

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Immortal legends wander across quiet meadows
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#EFE5DA belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 229 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 31.4° lands in the orange region. Its 39.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.6% 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 (16.89:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 229, 218
HSL: 31.43°, 39.62%, 89.61%
HSV / HSB: 31.43°, 8.79%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.18%, 8.79%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.267, 79.452, 77.650
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.438, 1.532, 6.565
WCAG relative luminance: 0.79451
24-bit decimal: 15721946

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 #EFE5DA 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: 16.89:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.24:1

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

#DAE4EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFE5DA 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.

#EFE5DA #DAE4EF

Analogous

#EFDBDA and #EFEFDA sit 30° to either side of #EFE5DA. 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.

#EFDBDA #EFE5DA #EFEFDA

Triadic

#EFE5DA, #DAEFE5 and #E5DAEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFE5DA #DAEFE5 #E5DAEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFE5DA and look across the wheel. #DAEFEF and #DBDAEF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFE5DA #DAEFEF #DBDAEF

Square

Starting with #EFE5DA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DAEFDB, #DAE4EF, then #EFDAEF. Across the square, #EFE5DA pairs with #DAE4EF, and #DAEFDB with #EFDAEF.

#EFE5DA #DAEFDB #DAE4EF #EFDAEF

Tetradic

#EFE5DA and #DAE4EF are opposites, as are #E4EFDA and #E5DAEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFE5DA #E4EFDA #DAE4EF #E5DAEF

Tints

Mixing #EFE5DA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2EAE1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFAF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFE5DA #F2EAE1 #F5EFE9 #F9F5F0 #FCFAF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFE5DA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB7AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #302E2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFE5DA #BFB7AE #8F8983 #605C57 #302E2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFE5DA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D1C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #969492, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFE5DA #D9D1C8 #C3BDB6 #ACA8A4 #969492 #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

#EFE5DA

RGB

rgb(239 229 218)

HSL

hsl(31.429 39.623% 89.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EFE5DA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFE5DA uses 239 red, 229 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 89.8%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFE5DA is 0.0% cyan, 4.2% magenta, 8.8% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.2%

Yellow 8.8%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDDDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EDD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EFE5DA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#EFE5DA #ECE5DE #E8E5E1 #E5E5E5 #E1E4E8 #DEE4EC #DAE4EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFE5DA 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.

#E9E5D9

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.

#EBE7DA

Tritanopia

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

#F3E3E2

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.

#EBE5DA

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.

#ECE6DA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F0E4DD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E6E6E6

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.

#EBE6E0

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 0.78354 B 0.70110

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 0.93045 G 0.89938 B 0.85961

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84902 G 0.78618 B 0.70984

CIE xyY

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

x 0.327 y 0.340 Y 79.452

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 10.196 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11100101 11011010