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#EFECE1 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EFECE1 is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

#EFECE1 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 #E1E4EF; it also sits naturally between #EFE5E1 and #EBEFE1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFECE1 · RGB 239, 236, 225

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Color values

HEX#EFECE1
RGB239, 236, 225
HSL47°, 30%, 91%
HSV47°, 6%, 94%
CMYK0%, 1%, 6%, 6%
XYZ79.18, 83.78, 83.23
Yxy83.78, 0.3216, 0.3403
CIE-Lab93.35, -0.88, 5.67
Hunter Lab91.53, -0.88, 5.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 93% · Blue 88%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFECE1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFECE1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFECE1

.text { color: #EFECE1; }
.background { background-color: #EFECE1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFECE1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 236, 225); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 30%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFECE1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 236, 225, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFECE1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 236, 225, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFECE1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFECE1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFECE1

#DFD9C3#D1C8A9#C1B58B#B0A26D#9F8F56#817446#635A36#463F25#2B2717#0D0C07

Tints of #EFECE1

#F1EEE4#F1EEE4#F3F0E8#F3F0E8#F4F2EB#F4F2EB#F6F4EE#F6F4EE#F8F7F2#F8F7F2

Tones of #EFECE1

#EEEBE2#EDEBE3#ECEAE4#EBEAE5#EAE9E6#E9E9E7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E1E4EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFECE1: #000000.

How #EFECE1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEEE4Deuteranopia · #EEEEE4Tritanopia · #EFE6E6

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 #EFECE1 rather than the exact color:

Palette F0ece2
#F0ECE2 · #DFD3C3 · #C7B198 · #596E79
Palette Efece3
#EFECE3 · #8FABD4 · #4A70A9 · #000000
Palette F0ece3
#F0ECE3 · #DFD3C3 · #C7B198 · #596E79
Palette F6f5f2
#F6F5F2 · #F0EBE3 · #F3D0D7 · #FFEFEF
Palette F0ebe3
#F0EBE3 · #E4DCCF · #7D9D9C · #576F72
Palette 819a91
#819A91 · #A7C1A8 · #D1D8BE · #EEEFE0

Similar colors

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

#F0ECE2#EFECE3#F0ECE3#F0EBE3#EEEFE0#EFE9E3#F2EAE0#ECEEDF#F0ECE5#EEEBDD#ECEBDE#EBEDE3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFECE0  ·  #EFECE2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFECE1?

#EFECE1 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 236, 225). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFECE1?

#EFECE1 is RGB 239, 236, 225 — HSL 47°, 30%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 6%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFECE1?

Its complement is #E1E4EF; analogous partners are #EFE5E1 and #EBEFE1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFECE1 for text?

Black text on #EFECE1 has a contrast ratio of 17.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.