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#EFECCB — Pale Muted Yellow

#EFECCB is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color BlanchedAlmond (#FFEBCD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blanchedalmond (#FFEBCD) — not an exact match. CSS blanchedalmond gives you #FFEBCD, a different color; use #EFECCB 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.

#EFECCB 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 #CCCFEF; it also sits naturally between #EFDBCC and #E1EFCC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFECCB · RGB 239, 236, 203

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Color values

HEX#EFECCB
RGB239, 236, 203
HSL55°, 53%, 87%
HSV55°, 15%, 94%
CMYK0%, 1%, 15%, 6%
XYZ76.37, 82.65, 68.43
Yxy82.65, 0.3358, 0.3634
CIE-Lab92.86, -4.40, 16.38
Hunter Lab90.91, -4.36, 14.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 93% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 15% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EFECCB

.text { color: #EFECCB; }
.background { background-color: #EFECCB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFECCB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 236, 203); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 53%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFECCB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 236, 203, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFECCB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 236, 203, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EFECCB

#E6E1AD#DBD48A#D1C96B#C8BE4C#B3A937#90882C#716B23#524D19#2F2C0E#100F05

Tints of #EFECCB

#F1EED0#F2EFD4#F3F1D8#F4F2DC#F5F4E0#F5F4E0#F7F5E4#F8F6E8#F9F8EB#FAF9EF

Tones of #EFECCB

#EDEACF#EAE8D1#E8E6D4#E5E4D6#E3E2D9#E1E0DB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCCFEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFECCB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFECCB

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 #EFECCB: ·

How #EFECCB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEED3Deuteranopia · #EEEED5Tritanopia · #EFD9DB

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 #EFECCB rather than the exact color:

Palette 121435
#121435 · #FAF9F0 · #EDEBCA · #FF5722
Palette 395144
#395144 · #4E6C50 · #AA8B56 · #F0EBCE
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette 000000
#000000 · #0B60B0 · #40A2D8 · #F0EDCF
Lucky Ruby Aurora
#9B7819 · #43E1B6 · #BC53E3 · #F0EAC7
Palette 7d0a0a
#7D0A0A · #BF3131 · #EAD196 · #F3EDC8

Similar colors

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

#EDEBCA#F0EBCE#EDEDCE#F0EDCF#F0EAC7#F3EDC8#EAECCC#F4EDCC#EAEDCD#F3E8CB#F3F0CA#EEE6CA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFECCA  ·  #EFECCC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFECCB?

#EFECCB is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 236, 203). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFECCB?

#EFECCB is RGB 239, 236, 203 — HSL 55°, 53%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 15%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFECCB?

Its complement is #CCCFEF; analogous partners are #EFDBCC and #E1EFCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFECCB for text?

Black text on #EFECCB has a contrast ratio of 17.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.