#EFEBCE

sRGB: 239 / 235 / 206

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#EFEBCE belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 235 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 52.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 50.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.3% 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 (17.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 235, 206
HSL: 52.73°, 50.77%, 87.25%
HSV / HSB: 52.73°, 13.81%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.67%, 13.81%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.442, 82.224, 70.238
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.674, -3.438, 14.571
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82224
24-bit decimal: 15723470

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 #EFEBCE 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: 17.44:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.20:1

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

#CED2EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFEBCE 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.

#EFEBCE #CED2EF

Analogous

#EFDBCE and #E3EFCE sit 30° to either side of #EFEBCE. 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.

#EFDBCE #EFEBCE #E3EFCE

Triadic

#EFEBCE, #CEEFEB and #EBCEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFEBCE #CEEFEB #EBCEEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFEBCE and look across the wheel. #CEE3EF and #DBCEEF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFEBCE #CEE3EF #DBCEEF

Square

Starting with #EFEBCE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CEEFDB, #CED2EF, then #EFCEE3. Across the square, #EFEBCE pairs with #CED2EF, and #CEEFDB with #EFCEE3.

#EFEBCE #CEEFDB #CED2EF #EFCEE3

Tetradic

#EFEBCE and #CED2EF are opposites, as are #D2EFCE and #EBCEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFEBCE #D2EFCE #CED2EF #EBCEEF

Tints

Mixing #EFEBCE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2EFD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFBF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFEBCE #F2EFD8 #F5F3E2 #F9F7EB #FCFBF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFEBCE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBCA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #302F29, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFEBCE #BFBCA5 #8F8D7C #605E52 #302F29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFEBCE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D6BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #969590, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFEBCE #D9D6BE #C3C0AF #ACAB9F #969590 #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

#EFEBCE

RGB

rgb(239 235 206)

HSL

hsl(52.727 50.769% 87.255%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFEBCE uses 239 red, 235 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 92.2%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFEBCE is 0.0% cyan, 1.7% magenta, 13.8% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.7%

Yellow 13.8%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEEECC Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EFEBCE #EAE7D4 #E4E3D9 #DFDFDF #D9DAE4 #D4D6EA #CED2EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFEBCE 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.

#F1E9CC

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.

#F2EBCF

Tritanopia

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

#F5E7E3

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.

#F0EACD

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.

#F1EBCE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F0EAD6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EAEAEA

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.

#ECEADD

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 0.83077 B 0.61721

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 0.93450 G 0.92209 B 0.81919

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85741 G 0.83184 B 0.63687

CIE xyY

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

x 0.334 y 0.359 Y 82.224

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 7.843 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11101011 11001110