#EFEDCD

sRGB: 239 / 237 / 205

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Immortal legends illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#EFEDCD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 237 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 56.5° lands in the yellow region. Its 51.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.1% 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 (17.67:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 237, 205
HSL: 56.47°, 51.52%, 87.06%
HSV / HSB: 56.47°, 14.23%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.84%, 14.23%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.897, 83.327, 69.792
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.157, -4.603, 15.771
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83327
24-bit decimal: 15723981

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 #EFEDCD 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: 17.67:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.19:1

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

#CDCFEF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFEDCD 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.

#EFEDCD #CDCFEF

Analogous

#EFDCCD and #E0EFCD sit 30° to either side of #EFEDCD. 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.

#EFDCCD #EFEDCD #E0EFCD

Triadic

#EFEDCD, #CDEFED and #EDCDEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFEDCD #CDEFED #EDCDEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFEDCD and look across the wheel. #CDE0EF and #DCCDEF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFEDCD #CDE0EF #DCCDEF

Square

Starting with #EFEDCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDEFDC, #CDCFEF, then #EFCDE0. Across the square, #EFEDCD pairs with #CDCFEF, and #CDEFDC with #EFCDE0.

#EFEDCD #CDEFDC #CDCFEF #EFCDE0

Tetradic

#EFEDCD and #CDCFEF are opposites, as are #CFEFCD and #EDCDEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFEDCD #CFEFCD #CDCFEF #EDCDEF

Tints

Mixing #EFEDCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2F1D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFBF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFEDCD #F2F1D7 #F5F4E1 #F9F8EB #FCFBF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFEDCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBEA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #302F29, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFEDCD #BFBEA4 #8F8E7B #605F52 #302F29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFEDCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D7BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #96968F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFEDCD #D9D7BE #C3C1AE #ACAC9F #96968F #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

#EFEDCD

RGB

rgb(239 237 205)

HSL

hsl(56.471 51.515% 87.059%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFEDCD uses 239 red, 237 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 92.9%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFEDCD is 0.0% cyan, 0.8% magenta, 14.2% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.8%

Yellow 14.2%

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 #EFEDCD 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

#EFEDCD #E9E8D3 #E4E3D8 #DEDEDE #D8D9E4 #D3D4E9 #CDCFEF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFEDCD 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.

#F3EACB

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.

#F4ECCE

Tritanopia

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

#F5E8E4

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.

#F2EBCC

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.

#F3ECCE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F0ECD6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EBEBEB

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.

#EDECDD

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 0.84687 B 0.61050

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 0.93587 G 0.92967 B 0.81636

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.86027 G 0.84741 B 0.63192

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 0.362 Y 83.327

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 7.059 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11101101 11001101