Palettes / Colors / #EFECE2

#EFECE2 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EFECE2 is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #EFECE2 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.

#EFECE2 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 #E1E5EF; it also sits naturally between #EFE5E1 and #EBEFE1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 93% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 5% · Key 6%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EFECE2

.text { color: #EFECE2; }
.background { background-color: #EFECE2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFECE2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 236, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 29%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFECE2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 236, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFECE2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 236, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFECE2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFECE2">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E1E5EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EFECE2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFECE2

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:

How #EFECE2 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFECE2 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFECE1  ·  #EFECE3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFECE2?

#EFECE2 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 236, 226). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFECE2?

#EFECE2 is RGB 239, 236, 226 — HSL 46°, 29%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 5%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFECE2?

Its complement is #E1E5EF; analogous partners are #EFE5E1 and #EBEFE1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFECE2 for text?

Black text on #EFECE2 has a contrast ratio of 17.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.