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#EFF0CA — Pale Yellow

#EFF0CA is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #EFF0CA 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.

#EFF0CA 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 #CDCBF0; it also sits naturally between #F0DFCB and #DDF0CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFF0CA · RGB 239, 240, 202

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Color values

HEX#EFF0CA
RGB239, 240, 202
HSL62°, 56%, 87%
HSV62°, 16%, 94%
CMYK0%, 0%, 16%, 6%
XYZ77.42, 84.94, 68.19
Yxy84.94, 0.3358, 0.3684
CIE-Lab93.86, -6.56, 18.29
Hunter Lab92.16, -6.51, 16.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 94% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFF0CA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFF0CA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFF0CA

.text { color: #EFF0CA; }
.background { background-color: #EFF0CA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFF0CA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 240, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 56%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFF0CA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 240, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFF0CA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 240, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFF0CA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFF0CA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFF0CA

#E5E7AB#DADD88#D1D468#C7CB48#B3B734#90932A#717321#525418#2F300D#101004

Tints of #EFF0CA

#F0F2CF#F2F3D3#F3F4D7#F4F5DB#F5F6DF#F5F6DF#F6F7E3#F8F8E7#F9F9EB#FAFBEF

Tones of #EFF0CA

#EDEECE#EAEBD1#E8E8D3#E5E6D6#E3E3D9#E0E1DB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDCBF0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFF0CA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFF0CA

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 #EFF0CA: ·

How #EFF0CA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEFD3Deuteranopia · #EFEFD5Tritanopia · #EFDADC

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 #EFF0CA rather than the exact color:

Crimson Ruby Summit
#F1F2C9 · #DEE27E · #BBC12E · #494C10
Palette 192655
#192655 · #3876BF · #E1AA74 · #F3F0CA
Modern Ruby Bloom
#F0F4C8 · #C9DA2A · #919D20 · #3C410B
Palette F3f2c9
#F3F2C9 · #F0D587 · #93AF56 · #336371
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette 7d0a0a
#7D0A0A · #BF3131 · #EAD196 · #F3EDC8

Similar colors

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

#F1F2C9#F3F0CA#F0F4C8#F3F2C9#EDEDCE#F3EDC8#EDEBCA#F3F1CE#F0EDCF#F4F3C8#F4EDCC#F0EBCE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFF0C9  ·  #EFF0CB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFF0CA?

#EFF0CA is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 240, 202). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFF0CA?

#EFF0CA is RGB 239, 240, 202 — HSL 62°, 56%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 16%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFF0CA?

Its complement is #CDCBF0; analogous partners are #F0DFCB and #DDF0CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFF0CA for text?

Black text on #EFF0CA has a contrast ratio of 17.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.