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#EFEAC2 — Pale Yellow

#EFEAC2 is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color Bisque (#FFE4C4). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: bisque (#FFE4C4) — not an exact match. CSS bisque gives you #FFE4C4, a different color; use #EFEAC2 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.

#EFEAC2 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 #C3C8EF; it also sits naturally between #EFD4C3 and #DEEFC3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEAC2 · RGB 239, 234, 194

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Color values

HEX#EFEAC2
RGB239, 234, 194
HSL53°, 58%, 85%
HSV53°, 19%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 19%, 6%
XYZ74.76, 81.09, 62.75
Yxy81.09, 0.3420, 0.3710
CIE-Lab92.17, -4.72, 20.07
Hunter Lab90.05, -4.67, 17.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 19% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFEAC2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEAC2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEAC2

.text { color: #EFEAC2; }
.background { background-color: #EFEAC2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEAC2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 234, 194); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 58%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEAC2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 234, 194, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEAC2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 234, 194, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEAC2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEAC2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEAC2

#E6DEA2#DED382#D5C862#CDBC42#B5A630#918527#71671E#514A15#302C0D#100F04

Tints of #EFEAC2

#F0EBC7#F1EDCB#F2EECF#F3EFD3#F5F2DB#F6F4DF#F8F5E3#F9F7E7#FAF8EB#FBF9EF

Tones of #EFEAC2

#ECE7C6#E8E5C9#E5E2CC#E2E0CF#DFDED2#DCDBD6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3C8EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEAC2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEAC2

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 #EFEAC2: ·

How #EFEAC2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDCCDeuteranopia · #EDEECETritanopia · #EFD3D5

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 #EFEAC2 rather than the exact color:

Palette F1ecc3
#F1ECC3 · #C9D8B6 · #57837B · #515E63
Palette 346739
#346739 · #79AE6F · #9FCB98 · #F2EDC2
Palette E8505b
#E8505B · #F9D56E · #F3ECC2 · #14B1AB
Lucky Ruby Aurora
#9B7819 · #43E1B6 · #BC53E3 · #F0EAC7
Palette 9a3b3b
#9A3B3B · #C08261 · #E2C799 · #F2ECBE
Palette 800000
#800000 · #982B1C · #DAD4B5 · #F2E8C6

Similar colors

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

#F1ECC3#F2EDC2#F3ECC2#F0EAC7#F2ECBE#F2E8C6#F0F0C2#EDE4C2#EBE5C2#F1E4C3#F2E5BF#EBE8BD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEAC1  ·  #EFEAC3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEAC2?

#EFEAC2 is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 234, 194). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEAC2?

#EFEAC2 is RGB 239, 234, 194 — HSL 53°, 58%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 19%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEAC2?

Its complement is #C3C8EF; analogous partners are #EFD4C3 and #DEEFC3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEAC2 for text?

Black text on #EFEAC2 has a contrast ratio of 17.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.