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#EFF0DB — Pale Muted Yellow

#EFF0DB is a yellow color we call Pale Muted 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 #EFF0DB 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.

#EFF0DB 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 #DCDBF0; it also sits naturally between #F0E7DB and #E4F0DB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFF0DB · RGB 239, 240, 219

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Color values

HEX#EFF0DB
RGB239, 240, 219
HSL63°, 41%, 90%
HSV63°, 9%, 94%
CMYK0%, 0%, 9%, 6%
XYZ79.54, 85.79, 79.38
Yxy85.79, 0.3250, 0.3506
CIE-Lab94.22, -3.90, 10.03
Hunter Lab92.62, -3.90, 9.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 94% · Blue 86%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFF0DB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFF0DB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFF0DB

.text { color: #EFF0DB; }
.background { background-color: #EFF0DB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFF0DB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 240, 219); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 41%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFF0DB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 240, 219, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFF0DB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 240, 219, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFF0DB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFF0DB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFF0DB

#E0E2BB#D4D69E#C5C97E#B8BD61#A4A947#858939#696C2D#494C20#2D2F14#0E0E06

Tints of #EFF0DB

#F1F1DF#F1F1DF#F2F3E2#F2F3E2#F4F4E6#F5F6E9#F5F6E9#F7F7ED#F7F7ED#F9F9F1

Tones of #EFF0DB

#EEEEDD#ECEDDE#EBEBE0#EAEAE1#E8E9E2#E7E7E4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DCDBF0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.16:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFF0DB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFF0DB

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 #EFF0DB: ·

How #EFF0DB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEFE0Deuteranopia · #EFEFE1Tritanopia · #EFE4E5

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 #EFF0DB rather than the exact color:

Palette 30364f
#30364F · #ACBAC4 · #E1D9BC · #F0F0DB
Palette B3c8cf
#B3C8CF · #BED7DC · #F1EEDC · #E5DDC5
Burning Ruby Aurora
#7D8423 · #5ACBD3 · #C835BE · #F0EFD8
Palette 727d73
#727D73 · #AAB99A · #D0DDD0 · #F0F0D7
Palette Eeecda
#EEECDA · #F08A5D · #B83B5E · #6A2C70
Amber Lagoon
#B3BF24 · #3ECFDA · #DF57D5 · #EFF3D8

Similar colors

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

#F0F0DB#F1EEDC#F0EFD8#F0F0D7#EEECDA#EFF3D8#F3F2DA#EEEFE0#ECEEDF#F2EED7#EDF1D6#EEEBDD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFF0DA  ·  #EFF0DC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFF0DB?

#EFF0DB is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 240, 219). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFF0DB?

#EFF0DB is RGB 239, 240, 219 — HSL 63°, 41%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 9%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFF0DB?

Its complement is #DCDBF0; analogous partners are #F0E7DB and #E4F0DB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFF0DB for text?

Black text on #EFF0DB has a contrast ratio of 18.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.