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#EFF2AC — Light Yellow

#EFF2AC is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #EFF2AC 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.

#EFF2AC 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 #AFABF2; it also sits naturally between #F2D2AB and #CBF2AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFF2AC · RGB 239, 242, 172

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Color values

HEX#EFF2AC
RGB239, 242, 172
HSL63°, 73%, 81%
HSV63°, 29%, 95%
CMYK1%, 0%, 29%, 5%
XYZ74.80, 84.83, 51.46
Yxy84.83, 0.3543, 0.4019
CIE-Lab93.81, -11.71, 33.54
Hunter Lab92.11, -11.49, 27.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 95% · Blue 67%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 29% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFF2AC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFF2AC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFF2AC

.text { color: #EFF2AC; }
.background { background-color: #EFF2AC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFF2AC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 242, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 73%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFF2AC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 242, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFF2AC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 242, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFF2AC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFF2AC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFF2AC

#E7EC88#E1E869#DAE246#D3DD22#B6BE1E#949A18#727713#50540D#333508#111203

Tints of #EFF2AC

#F0F3B4#F1F4B8#F3F5C1#F4F6C6#F5F7CE#F6F8D3#F8F9DC#F9FAE0#FBFCE9#FCFCED

Tones of #EFF2AC

#EAEDB0#E5E8B5#E1E3BA#DCDEC0#D8D9C4#D3D3CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFABF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFF2AC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFF2AC

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 #EFF2AC: ·

How #EFF2AC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F0BDDeuteranopia · #F0F0C1Tritanopia · #EFCACD

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFF2AC rather than the exact color:

Palette Bae5d5
#BAE5D5 · #D7ACD4 · #EEC2C2 · #F2F2B0
Palette B2b377
#B2B377 · #D2D180 · #E5E483 · #F1F5A8
Palette F2f1a7
#F2F1A7 · #EF5959 · #B43144 · #88A9F7
Gentle Garden
#1136C9 · #5E86F1 · #EFCC41 · #F2F0A6
Palette F2f4b2
#F2F4B2 · #CCE490 · #0C907D · #0D627A
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537

Similar colors

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

#F2F2B0#F1F5A8#F2F1A7#F2F0A6#F2F4B2#ECEDB0#F4EEA9#F0F1B3#EEECB1#F0EAAC#E8EDAC#F4EBAB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFF2AB  ·  #EFF2AD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFF2AC?

#EFF2AC is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 242, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFF2AC?

#EFF2AC is RGB 239, 242, 172 — HSL 63°, 73%, 81% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 29%, 5%.

What colors go with #EFF2AC?

Its complement is #AFABF2; analogous partners are #F2D2AB and #CBF2AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFF2AC for text?

Black text on #EFF2AC has a contrast ratio of 17.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.