#EFECAE

sRGB: 239 / 236 / 174

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Brilliant stars transcend the limits of dreams

#EFECAE belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 236 green and 174 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 57.2° lands in the yellow region. Its 67.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.0% 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 (17.28:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 236, 174
HSL: 57.23°, 67.01%, 80.98%
HSV / HSB: 57.23°, 27.20%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.26%, 27.20%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.229, 81.398, 51.900
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.309, -8.472, 30.520
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81398
24-bit decimal: 15723694

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 #EFECAE 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: 17.28:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.22:1

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

#AEB1EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFECAE 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.

#EFECAE #AEB1EF

Analogous

#EFCCAE and #D2EFAE sit 30° to either side of #EFECAE. 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.

#EFCCAE #EFECAE #D2EFAE

Triadic

#EFECAE, #AEEFEC and #ECAEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFECAE #AEEFEC #ECAEEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFECAE and look across the wheel. #AED1EF and #CCAEEF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFECAE #AED1EF #CCAEEF

Square

Starting with #EFECAE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #AEEFCB, #AEB1EF, then #EFAED1. Across the square, #EFECAE pairs with #AEB1EF, and #AEEFCB with #EFAED1.

#EFECAE #AEEFCB #AEB1EF #EFAED1

Tetradic

#EFECAE and #AEB1EF are opposites, as are #B1EFAE and #ECAEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFECAE #B1EFAE #AEB1EF #ECAEEF

Tints

Mixing #EFECAE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2F0BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFBEF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFECAE #F2F0BE #F5F4CE #F9F7DF #FCFBEF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFECAE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBD8B, keeps 80% of the original. By #302F23, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFECAE #BFBD8B #8F8E68 #605E46 #302F23 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFECAE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D6A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #969689, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFECAE #D9D6A5 #C3C19C #ACAB92 #969689 #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

#EFECAE

RGB

rgb(239 236 174)

HSL

hsl(57.231 67.010% 80.980%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFECAE uses 239 red, 236 green and 174 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 92.5%

Blue 68.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFECAE is 0.0% cyan, 1.3% magenta, 27.2% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.3%

Yellow 27.2%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EEA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EFECAE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFF99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEAA Nearest web-safe: #FFFF99

Gradient to complement

#EFECAE #E4E2B9 #D9D8C4 #CFCFCF #C4C5D9 #B9BBE4 #AEB1EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFECAE 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.

#F7E7AA

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.

#F8EAB0

Tritanopia

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

#F9E4DC

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.

#F4E9AC

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.

#F5EBAF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F1EAC0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E9E9E9

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.

#ECEACE

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 0.83880 B 0.42327

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 0.93518 G 0.92588 B 0.70897

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85883 G 0.83961 B 0.46087

CIE xyY

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

x 0.355 y 0.394 Y 81.398

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 7.451 Y % 31.765

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11101100 10101110