Palettes / Colors / #EFEEE5

#EFEEE5 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EFEEE5 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 #EFEEE5 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.

#EFEEE5 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 #E6E7EF; it also sits naturally between #EFEAE6 and #ECEFE6. 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 90%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #EFEEE5

.text { color: #EFEEE5; }
.background { background-color: #EFEEE5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEEE5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 238, 229); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 24%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEEE5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 238, 229, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEEE5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 238, 229, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEEE5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEEE5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEEE5

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Tones of #EFEEE5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E6E7EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EFEEE5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEEE5

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 #EFEEE5 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 #EFEEE5 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

← #EFEEE4  ·  #EFEEE6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEEE5?

#EFEEE5 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 238, 229). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEEE5?

#EFEEE5 is RGB 239, 238, 229 — HSL 54°, 24%, 92% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 4%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEEE5?

Its complement is #E6E7EF; analogous partners are #EFEAE6 and #ECEFE6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEEE5 for text?

Black text on #EFEEE5 has a contrast ratio of 18.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.