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#EFF2BA — Pale Yellow

#EFF2BA is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #EFF2BA 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.

#EFF2BA 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 #BDBAF2; it also sits naturally between #F2D9BA and #D3F2BA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFF2BA · RGB 239, 242, 186

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Color values

HEX#EFF2BA
RGB239, 242, 186
HSL63°, 68%, 84%
HSV63°, 23%, 95%
CMYK1%, 0%, 23%, 5%
XYZ76.21, 85.40, 58.92
Yxy85.40, 0.3456, 0.3872
CIE-Lab94.06, -9.86, 26.77
Hunter Lab92.41, -9.73, 22.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 95% · Blue 73%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 23% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFF2BA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFF2BA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFF2BA

.text { color: #EFF2BA; }
.background { background-color: #EFF2BA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFF2BA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 242, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 68%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFF2BA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 242, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFF2BA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 242, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFF2BA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFF2BA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFF2BA

#E7EB98#DFE576#D7DE54#D0D831#B5BC24#949A1D#737817#525610#31330A#101103

Tints of #EFF2BA

#F0F3BF#F1F4C3#F3F5CC#F4F6D0#F5F7D4#F6F8D8#F7F8DD#F9FAE5#FAFBEA#FBFCEE

Tones of #EFF2BA

#EBEEBF#E8EAC2#E5E6C6#E1E2CA#DDDECE#DADAD2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDBAF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFF2BA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFF2BA

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 #EFF2BA: ·

How #EFF2BA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F0C8Deuteranopia · #F0F0CBTritanopia · #EFD2D5

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 #EFF2BA rather than the exact color:

Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB
Palette 281c59
#281C59 · #4E8D9C · #85C79A · #EDF7BD
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #DBDFAA · #B3C890 · #73A9AD
Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Palette A3a7e4
#A3A7E4 · #BAE2BE · #F0F1B3 · #C5E5E3

Similar colors

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

#EFEDBB#EDF7BD#F5F0BB#ECECBB#F0F1B3#F2ECBE#F4F4C0#EFEABB#E8F5BD#F6EFBD#F0F0C2#F1F3C2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFF2B9  ·  #EFF2BB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFF2BA?

#EFF2BA is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 242, 186). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFF2BA?

#EFF2BA is RGB 239, 242, 186 — HSL 63°, 68%, 84% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 23%, 5%.

What colors go with #EFF2BA?

Its complement is #BDBAF2; analogous partners are #F2D9BA and #D3F2BA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFF2BA for text?

Black text on #EFF2BA has a contrast ratio of 18.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.