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#EFEBE6 — Pale Dusty Brown

#EFEBE6 is a brown color we call Pale Dusty Brown, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #EFEBE6 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.

#EFEBE6 is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E6EAEF; it also sits naturally between #EFE7E6 and #EFEFE6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEBE6 · RGB 239, 235, 230

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Color values

HEX#EFEBE6
RGB239, 235, 230
HSL33°, 22%, 92%
HSV33°, 4%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 4%, 6%
XYZ79.59, 83.48, 86.78
Yxy83.48, 0.3185, 0.3341
CIE-Lab93.22, 0.48, 2.89
Hunter Lab91.37, 0.48, 2.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 90%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 4% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFEBE6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEBE6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEBE6

.text { color: #EFEBE6; }
.background { background-color: #EFEBE6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEBE6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 235, 230); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(33, 22%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEBE6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 235, 230, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEBE6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 235, 230, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEBE6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEBE6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEBE6

#DDD5CA#CBBEAE#BBAA95#A99479#957D5F#79664E#5D4E3C#44392C#28221A#0C0A08

Tints of #EFEBE6

#EFEBE6#F1EEE9#F1EEE9#F3F0EC#F3F0EC#F3F0EC#F5F3EF#F5F3EF#F7F5F3#F7F5F3

Tones of #EFEBE6

#EEEBE7#EEEBE7#EDEBE8#ECEBE9#ECEBE9#EBEBEA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E6EAEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEBE6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEBE6

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 #EFEBE6: ·

How #EFEBE6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDE7Deuteranopia · #EEEEE8Tritanopia · #EFE8E8

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFEBE6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 161a30
#161A30 · #31304D · #B6BBC4 · #F0ECE5
Palette Ede9e6
#EDE9E6 · #C9996B · #5C4F4A · #5C766D
Palette Efece3
#EFECE3 · #8FABD4 · #4A70A9 · #000000
Palette F6f5f2
#F6F5F2 · #F0EBE3 · #F3D0D7 · #FFEFEF
Palette F0ebe3
#F0EBE3 · #E4DCCF · #7D9D9C · #576F72
Palette F0ece3
#F0ECE3 · #DFD3C3 · #C7B198 · #596E79

Similar colors

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

#F0ECE5#EDE9E6#EFECE3#F0EBE3#F0ECE3#EFE9E3#F2E9E4#F1E9E9#F0ECE2#ECE8E5#F2EEE5#EFEEEA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEBE5  ·  #EFEBE7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEBE6?

#EFEBE6 is Pale Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 239, 235, 230). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEBE6?

#EFEBE6 is RGB 239, 235, 230 — HSL 33°, 22%, 92% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 4%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEBE6?

Its complement is #E6EAEF; analogous partners are #EFE7E6 and #EFEFE6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEBE6 for text?

Black text on #EFEBE6 has a contrast ratio of 17.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.