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#EFFBAF — Pale Vivid Yellow

#EFFBAF 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 #EFFBAF 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.

#EFFBAF 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 #BCB1FB; it also sits naturally between #FBE1B1 and #CBFBB1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFFBAF · RGB 239, 251, 175

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Color values

HEX#EFFBAF
RGB239, 251, 175
HSL69°, 90%, 84%
HSV69°, 30%, 98%
CMYK5%, 0%, 30%, 2%
XYZ77.83, 90.44, 53.91
Yxy90.44, 0.3503, 0.4071
CIE-Lab96.18, -15.75, 35.19
Hunter Lab95.10, -15.50, 28.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 98% · Blue 69%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 30% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EFFBAF

.text { color: #EFFBAF; }
.background { background-color: #EFFBAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFFBAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 251, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 90%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFFBAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 251, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFFBAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 251, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EFFBAF

#E8F98B#E1F764#D9F53D#D2F316#B7D50B#96AE09#748807#536105#323A03#111301

Tints of #EFFBAF

#F1FBB6#F2FBBB#F4FCC5#F5FCCA#F6FCCF#F7FDD3#F7FDD8#F9FDE2#FAFEE7#FBFEEC

Tones of #EFFBAF

#ECF6B7#E8F0BC#E5EBC1#E1E6C6#DEE1CC#DADCD1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCB1FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.10:1 Fails
Against black text19.09:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFFBAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFFBAF

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 #EFFBAF: ·

How #EFFBAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4C1Deuteranopia · #F4F3C6Tritanopia · #F0D0D3

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 #EFFBAF rather than the exact color:

Palette Ee9494
#EE9494 · #EBFFAF · #B4E8C0 · #C3B9EA
Palette 1b3c68
#1B3C68 · #0074E4 · #00B8C0 · #E9FFB2
Palette F2f4b2
#F2F4B2 · #CCE490 · #0C907D · #0D627A
Palette 27e1ce
#27E1CE · #EFFFB7 · #D6EC78 · #FF98DA
Palette 638c6d
#638C6D · #E7FBB4 · #DF6D2D · #C84C05
Palette B2b377
#B2B377 · #D2D180 · #E5E483 · #F1F5A8

Similar colors

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

#EBFFAF#E9FFB2#F2F4B2#EFFFB7#E7FBB4#F1F5A8#F2F2B0#F5F4B3#F3FEB8#F8FAB4#F0F1B3#F0F8A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFFBAE  ·  #EFFBB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFFBAF?

#EFFBAF is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 251, 175). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFFBAF?

#EFFBAF is RGB 239, 251, 175 — HSL 69°, 90%, 84% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 30%, 2%.

What colors go with #EFFBAF?

Its complement is #BCB1FB; analogous partners are #FBE1B1 and #CBFBB1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFFBAF for text?

Black text on #EFFBAF has a contrast ratio of 19.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.10:1.