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#EFEAC4 — Pale Yellow

#EFEAC4 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 #EFEAC4 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.

#EFEAC4 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.

#EFEAC4 · RGB 239, 234, 196

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Color values

HEX#EFEAC4
RGB239, 234, 196
HSL53°, 57%, 85%
HSV53°, 18%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 18%, 6%
XYZ74.98, 81.18, 63.94
Yxy81.18, 0.3407, 0.3688
CIE-Lab92.21, -4.43, 19.09
Hunter Lab90.10, -4.38, 16.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 77%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 18% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFEAC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEAC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEAC4

.text { color: #EFEAC4; }
.background { background-color: #EFEAC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEAC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 234, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 57%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEAC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 234, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEAC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 234, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEAC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEAC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEAC4

#E6DEA3#DDD283#D4C763#CBBC43#B4A531#908427#70671F#504916#302C0D#100F04

Tints of #EFEAC4

#F0EBC7#F1ECCB#F2EECF#F3EFD3#F5F2DB#F6F4DF#F7F5E3#F8F6E7#FAF8EB#FBF9EF

Tones of #EFEAC4

#EBE7C6#E8E5C9#E5E2CC#E2E0D0#DFDDD3#DCDBD6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3C8EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEAC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEAC4

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 #EFEAC4: ·

How #EFEAC4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDCDDeuteranopia · #EDEECFTritanopia · #EFD4D6

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 #EFEAC4 rather than the exact color:

Palette F1ecc3
#F1ECC3 · #C9D8B6 · #57837B · #515E63
Lucky Ruby Aurora
#9B7819 · #43E1B6 · #BC53E3 · #F0EAC7
Palette 800000
#800000 · #982B1C · #DAD4B5 · #F2E8C6
Palette 952323
#952323 · #A73121 · #DAD4B5 · #F2E8C6
Palette 346739
#346739 · #79AE6F · #9FCB98 · #F2EDC2
Palette E8505b
#E8505B · #F9D56E · #F3ECC2 · #14B1AB

Similar colors

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

#F1ECC3#F0EAC7#F2E8C6#F2EDC2#F3ECC2#F0F0C2#F3EDC8#EDEBCA#F1E4C3#ECE5C7#EDE4C2#F1E6C9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEAC3  ·  #EFEAC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEAC4?

#EFEAC4 is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 234, 196). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEAC4?

#EFEAC4 is RGB 239, 234, 196 — HSL 53°, 57%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 18%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEAC4?

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

Can I use #EFEAC4 for text?

Black text on #EFEAC4 has a contrast ratio of 17.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.