#FFEFE3

sRGB: 255 / 239 / 227

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends transform the fabric of existence
Infinite wonders linger beyond yesterday

#FFEFE3 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 239 green and 227 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 25.7° lands in the orange region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 94.5% 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 (18.71:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 239, 227
HSL: 25.71°, 100.00%, 94.51%
HSV / HSB: 25.71°, 10.98%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.27%, 10.98%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 85.968, 88.540, 85.237
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 95.388, 3.427, 7.735
WCAG relative luminance: 0.88539
24-bit decimal: 16773091

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 #FFEFE3 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: 18.71:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.12:1

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

#E3F3FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFEFE3 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.

#FFEFE3 #E3F3FF

Analogous

#FFE3E5 and #FFFDE3 sit 30° to either side of #FFEFE3. 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.

#FFE3E5 #FFEFE3 #FFFDE3

Triadic

#FFEFE3, #E3FFEF and #EFE3FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFEFE3 #E3FFEF #EFE3FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFEFE3 and look across the wheel. #E3FFFD and #E3E5FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFEFE3 #E3FFFD #E3E5FF

Square

Starting with #FFEFE3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E5FFE3, #E3F3FF, then #FDE3FF. Across the square, #FFEFE3 pairs with #E3F3FF, and #E5FFE3 with #FDE3FF.

#FFEFE3 #E5FFE3 #E3F3FF #FDE3FF

Tetradic

#FFEFE3 and #E3F3FF are opposites, as are #F3FFE3 and #EFE3FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFEFE3 #F3FFE3 #E3F3FF #EFE3FF

Tints

Mixing #FFEFE3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFF2E9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFCF9, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFEFE3 #FFF2E9 #FFF5EE #FFF9F4 #FFFCF9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFEFE3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBFB6, keeps 80% of the original. By #33302D, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFEFE3 #CCBFB6 #998F88 #66605B #33302D #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFEFE3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D9CF, keeps 80% of the original. By #999694, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFEFE3 #E6D9CF #CCC3BB #B3ACA8 #999694 #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

#FFEFE3

RGB

rgb(255 239 227)

HSL

hsl(25.714 100.000% 94.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFEFE3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFEFE3 uses 255 red, 239 green and 227 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 93.7%

Blue 89.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFEFE3 is 0.0% cyan, 6.3% magenta, 11.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.3%

Yellow 11.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FED in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFEFE3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#FFEFE3 #FAF0E8 #F6F0EC #F1F1F1 #ECF2F6 #E8F2FA #E3F3FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFEFE3 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.

#F4F0E2

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.

#F8F3E3

Tritanopia

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

#FFECEC

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.

#F8F0E3

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.

#FAF2E3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFEEE6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F2F2F2

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.

#F8F0EA

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 1.00000 G 0.86316 B 0.76815

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 0.98924 G 0.93943 B 0.89573

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.97571 G 0.86770 B 0.77899

CIE xyY

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

x 0.331 y 0.341 Y 88.540

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 6.275 Y % 10.980

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11101111 11100011