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#EFFAA8 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#EFFAA8 is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid 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 #EFFAA8 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.

#EFFAA8 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 #B3A8FA; it also sits naturally between #FADCA8 and #C6FAA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFFAA8 · RGB 239, 250, 168

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Color values

HEX#EFFAA8
RGB239, 250, 168
HSL68°, 89%, 82%
HSV68°, 33%, 98%
CMYK4%, 0%, 33%, 2%
XYZ76.85, 89.55, 50.28
Yxy89.55, 0.3547, 0.4133
CIE-Lab95.81, -16.13, 38.19
Hunter Lab94.63, -15.84, 30.73

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 98% · Blue 66%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 33% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFFAA8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFFAA8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFFAA8

.text { color: #EFFAA8; }
.background { background-color: #EFFAA8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFFAA8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 250, 168); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 89%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFFAA8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 250, 168, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFFAA8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 250, 168, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFFAA8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFFAA8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFFAA8

#E8F882#E1F55B#DBF339#D4F113#B5CF0C#94A90A#728208#546006#333A03#111301

Tints of #EFFAA8

#F0FAAD#F2FBB7#F3FBBC#F4FCC5#F5FCCA#F6FCCF#F8FDD8#F9FDDD#FBFEE7#FBFEEC

Tones of #EFFAA8

#EBF4AE#E7EEB4#E2E9BA#DEE3C0#DADDC6#D5D7CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3A8FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.91:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFFAA8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFFAA8

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 #EFFAA8: ·

How #EFFAA8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4BCDeuteranopia · #F3F2C1Tritanopia · #F0CCCF

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFFAA8 rather than the exact color:

Palette 36656b
#36656B · #75B06F · #DAD887 · #F0F8A4
Palette B2b377
#B2B377 · #D2D180 · #E5E483 · #F1F5A8
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #35A29F · #F2F7A1
Palette 9376e0
#9376E0 · #E893CF · #F3BCC8 · #F6FFA6
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Palette Ee9494
#EE9494 · #EBFFAF · #B4E8C0 · #C3B9EA

Similar colors

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

#F0F8A4#F1F5A8#F2F7A1#F6FFA6#F2F7A0#EBFFAF#F2F1A7#F2F0A6#F2F2B0#F2F4B2#E9FFB2#E7F0A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFFAA7  ·  #EFFAA9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFFAA8?

#EFFAA8 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 250, 168). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFFAA8?

#EFFAA8 is RGB 239, 250, 168 — HSL 68°, 89%, 82% — CMYK 4%, 0%, 33%, 2%.

What colors go with #EFFAA8?

Its complement is #B3A8FA; analogous partners are #FADCA8 and #C6FAA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFFAA8 for text?

Black text on #EFFAA8 has a contrast ratio of 18.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.