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#EFEBBC — Pale Yellow

#EFEBBC is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #EFEBBC 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.

#EFEBBC 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 #BDC1EF; it also sits naturally between #EFD2BD and #DAEFBD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEBBC · RGB 239, 235, 188

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Color values

HEX#EFEBBC
RGB239, 235, 188
HSL55°, 61%, 84%
HSV55°, 21%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 21%, 6%
XYZ74.38, 81.40, 59.37
Yxy81.40, 0.3457, 0.3783
CIE-Lab92.31, -6.08, 23.35
Hunter Lab90.22, -6.00, 19.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 21% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EFEBBC

.text { color: #EFEBBC; }
.background { background-color: #EFEBBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEBBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 235, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 61%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEBBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 235, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEBBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 235, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EFEBBC

#E7E19C#DFD77C#D7CD5B#CFC33A#B5A92C#948A24#736C1C#524D14#312E0C#100F04

Tints of #EFEBBC

#F0ECC1#F1EDC6#F3F0CE#F4F1D2#F5F2D6#F6F4DA#F7F5DE#F9F7E6#FAF9EA#FBFAEF

Tones of #EFEBBC

#EBE8C1#E8E5C4#E4E2C8#E1DFCC#DDDCCF#DAD9D3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDC1EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEBBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEBBC

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 #EFEBBC: ·

How #EFEBBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDC7Deuteranopia · #EEEECATritanopia · #EFD0D2

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 #EFEBBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB
Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB
Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Palette 9a3b3b
#9A3B3B · #C08261 · #E2C799 · #F2ECBE
Smoky Harbor
#1B347B · #6D95DF · #D6B146 · #EBE8BD
Palette 744577
#744577 · #F0E9B6 · #ACCFA3 · #84C5B1

Similar colors

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

#EFEABB#EFEDBB#ECECBB#F2ECBE#EBE8BD#F0E9B6#F2EDC2#EAE6BC#F3ECC2#F6EABE#F1ECC3#F2E5BF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEBBB  ·  #EFEBBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEBBC?

#EFEBBC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 235, 188). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEBBC?

#EFEBBC is RGB 239, 235, 188 — HSL 55°, 61%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 21%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEBBC?

Its complement is #BDC1EF; analogous partners are #EFD2BD and #DAEFBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEBBC for text?

Black text on #EFEBBC has a contrast ratio of 17.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.