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#EFDDAC — Light Yellow

#EFDDAC is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EFDDAC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EFDDAC is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AEBFEF; it also sits naturally between #EFBDAE and #E0EFAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFDDAC · RGB 239, 221, 172

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Color values

HEX#EFDDAC
RGB239, 221, 172
HSL44°, 68%, 81%
HSV44°, 28%, 94%
CMYK0%, 8%, 28%, 6%
XYZ68.90, 73.04, 49.50
Yxy73.04, 0.3599, 0.3815
CIE-Lab88.47, -1.14, 26.34
Hunter Lab85.46, -1.11, 21.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 28% · Key 6%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #EFDDAC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFDDAC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFDDAC

.text { color: #EFDDAC; }
.background { background-color: #EFDDAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFDDAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 221, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 68%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFDDAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 221, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFDDAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 221, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFDDAC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFDDAC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFDDAC

#E9D08B#E3C46D#DDB64B#D6A829#B89023#96761D#745B16#514010#33280A#110D03

Tints of #EFDDAC

#F1E1B6#F2E3BA#F4E7C3#F4E8C7#F6ECD0#F7EED4#F8F1DD#F9F3E1#FBF6EA#FCF8EE

Tones of #EFDDAC

#EBDCB2#E6DAB7#E1D7BC#DDD5C0#D8D3C5#D3D1CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEBFEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.35:1 Fails
Against black text15.61:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFDDAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFDDAC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EFDDAC: ·

How #EFDDAC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E7E7B8Deuteranopia · #E8EABBTritanopia · #EEC1C3

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFDDAC rather than the exact color:

Palette 443627
#443627 · #D98324 · #EFDCAB · #F2F6D0
Palette 7ed7c1
#7ED7C1 · #F0DBAF · #DC8686 · #B06161
Palette 288fb4
#288FB4 · #1D556F · #EFDDB2 · #FA360A
Palette F9c0ab
#F9C0AB · #F4E0AF · #A8CD89 · #355F2E
Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0
Palette 01204e
#01204E · #028391 · #F6DCAC · #FEAE6F

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#EFDCAB#F0DBAF#EFDDB2#F4E0AF#EADAB0#F6DCAC#EDDFB3#F2E2B1#F5DAA7#E7DEAF#EAD6AD#EAD8B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFDDAB  ·  #EFDDAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFDDAC?

#EFDDAC is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 221, 172). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFDDAC?

#EFDDAC is RGB 239, 221, 172 — HSL 44°, 68%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 28%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFDDAC?

Its complement is #AEBFEF; analogous partners are #EFBDAE and #E0EFAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFDDAC for text?

Black text on #EFDDAC has a contrast ratio of 15.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.