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#EFEAAC — Light Yellow

#EFEAAC is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #EFEAAC 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.

#EFEAAC 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 #AEB2EF; it also sits naturally between #EFCAAE and #D3EFAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEAAC · RGB 239, 234, 172

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Color values

HEX#EFEAAC
RGB239, 234, 172
HSL56°, 68%, 81%
HSV56°, 28%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 28%, 6%
XYZ72.47, 80.17, 50.69
Yxy80.17, 0.3564, 0.3943
CIE-Lab91.76, -7.72, 30.80
Hunter Lab89.54, -7.57, 25.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 28% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EFEAAC

.text { color: #EFEAAC; }
.background { background-color: #EFEAAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEAAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 234, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 68%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEAAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 234, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEAAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 234, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EFEAAC

#E9E38B#E3DB6D#DDD34B#D6CB29#B8AE23#968E1D#746D16#514D10#33310A#111003

Tints of #EFEAAC

#F1EDB6#F2EEBA#F4F0C3#F4F1C7#F6F3D0#F7F5D4#F8F7DD#F9F8E1#FBFAEA#FCFBEE

Tones of #EFEAAC

#EBE7B2#E6E3B7#E1DFBC#DDDBC0#D8D7C5#D3D3CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEB2EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEAAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEAAC

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 #EFEAAC: ·

How #EFEAAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDBBDeuteranopia · #EDEEBFTritanopia · #EFC7C9

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 #EFEAAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff8a8a
#FF8A8A · #F4DEB3 · #F0EAAC · #CCE0AC
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049
Amber Bloom
#B6660D · #F8C11F · #E9CD5C · #F4EBAB
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA

Similar colors

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

#F0EAAC#ECE8AF#F4EBAB#EEECB1#ECEDB0#ECEBA7#EBE5AE#F2E6B1#F4EEA9#E8EDAC#EAE7B1#E8E7AB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEAAB  ·  #EFEAAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEAAC?

#EFEAAC is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 234, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEAAC?

#EFEAAC is RGB 239, 234, 172 — HSL 56°, 68%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 28%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEAAC?

Its complement is #AEB2EF; analogous partners are #EFCAAE and #D3EFAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEAAC for text?

Black text on #EFEAAC has a contrast ratio of 17.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.