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#EFFFA3 — Pale Vivid Green

#EFFFA3 is a green color we call Pale Vivid Green, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #EFFFA3 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.

#EFFFA3 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B3A3FF; it also sits naturally between #FFE0A3 and #C2FFA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFFFA3 · RGB 239, 255, 163

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Color values

HEX#EFFFA3
RGB239, 255, 163
HSL70°, 100%, 82%
HSV70°, 36%, 100%
CMYK6%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ77.97, 92.52, 48.40
Yxy92.52, 0.3562, 0.4227
CIE-Lab97.03, -19.15, 42.25
Hunter Lab96.18, -18.79, 33.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 100% · Blue 64%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFFFA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFFFA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFFFA3

.text { color: #EFFFA3; }
.background { background-color: #EFFFA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFFFA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 255, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(70, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFFFA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 255, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFFFA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 255, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFFFA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFFFA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFFFA3

#E9FF7A#E2FF52#DCFF2E#D5FF05#B7DB00#95B300#738A00#556600#333D00#111400

Tints of #EFFFA3

#F1FFA8#F2FFB3#F3FFB8#F5FFC2#F6FFC7#F7FFCC#F8FFD6#F9FFDB#FBFFE5#FCFFEB

Tones of #EFFFA3

#EBF9AA#E7F2B1#E3EBB7#DEE5BD#DADEC4#D5D8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFFFA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFFFA3

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 #EFFFA3: ·

How #EFFFA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F6F6B9Deuteranopia · #F5F4BFTritanopia · #F0CBCF

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 #EFFFA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 36656b
#36656B · #75B06F · #DAD887 · #F0F8A4
Palette 9376e0
#9376E0 · #E893CF · #F3BCC8 · #F6FFA6
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #35A29F · #F2F7A1
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Palette B2b377
#B2B377 · #D2D180 · #E5E483 · #F1F5A8
Palette 004182
#004182 · #118DF0 · #FBFFA3 · #FF4B68

Similar colors

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

#F0F8A4#F6FFA6#F2F7A1#F2F7A0#F1F5A8#FBFFA3#F6FF99#E6F99D#F2FF97#EBFFAF#FCFFA6#E9FF97

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFFFA2  ·  #EFFFA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFFFA3?

#EFFFA3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 239, 255, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFFFA3?

#EFFFA3 is RGB 239, 255, 163 — HSL 70°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #EFFFA3?

Its complement is #B3A3FF; analogous partners are #FFE0A3 and #C2FFA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFFFA3 for text?

Black text on #EFFFA3 has a contrast ratio of 19.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.