#EFEEBE

sRGB: 239 / 238 / 190

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#EFEEBE belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 238 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 58.8° lands in the yellow region. Its 60.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (17.64:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 238, 190
HSL: 58.78°, 60.49%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 58.78°, 20.50%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.42%, 20.50%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 75.462, 83.218, 60.804
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.110, -7.313, 23.434
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83217
24-bit decimal: 15724222

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 #EFEEBE 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: 17.64:1

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

#BEBFEF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFEEBE 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.

#EFEEBE #BEBFEF

Analogous

#EFD6BE and #D8EFBE sit 30° to either side of #EFEEBE. 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.

#EFD6BE #EFEEBE #D8EFBE

Triadic

#EFEEBE, #BEEFEE and #EEBEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFEEBE #BEEFEE #EEBEEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFEEBE and look across the wheel. #BED7EF and #D6BEEF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFEEBE #BED7EF #D6BEEF

Square

Starting with #EFEEBE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEEFD5, #BEBFEF, then #EFBED7. Across the square, #EFEEBE pairs with #BEBFEF, and #BEEFD5 with #EFBED7.

#EFEEBE #BEEFD5 #BEBFEF #EFBED7

Tetradic

#EFEEBE and #BEBFEF are opposites, as are #BFEFBE and #EEBEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFEEBE #BFEFBE #BEBFEF #EEBEEF

Tints

Mixing #EFEEBE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2F1CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFCF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFEEBE #F2F1CB #F5F5D8 #F9F8E5 #FCFCF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFEEBE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFBE98, keeps 80% of the original. By #303026, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFEEBE #BFBE98 #8F8F72 #605F4C #303026 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFEEBE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D8B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #96968C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFEEBE #D9D8B2 #C3C2A5 #ACAC99 #96968C #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

#EFEEBE

RGB

rgb(239 238 190)

HSL

hsl(58.776 60.494% 84.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFEEBE uses 239 red, 238 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 93.3%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFEEBE is 0.0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 20.5% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.4%

Yellow 20.5%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EFEEBE #E7E6C6 #DFDECE #D7D7D7 #CECFDF #C6C7E7 #BEBFEF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFEEBE 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.

#F7EABB

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.

#F8ECC0

Tritanopia

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

#F7E8E1

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.

#F4ECBD

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.

#F5EDBF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F1ECCC

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.

#EDEDD6

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 0.85499 B 0.51492

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 0.93656 G 0.93346 B 0.76456

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.86171 G 0.85526 B 0.54549

CIE xyY

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

x 0.344 y 0.379 Y 83.218

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 6.667 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

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