Palettes / Colors / #F1EFEA

#F1EFEA — Pale Dusty Yellow

#F1EFEA is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color WhiteSmoke (#F5F5F5). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: whitesmoke (#F5F5F5) — not an exact match. CSS whitesmoke gives you #F5F5F5, a different color; use #F1EFEA 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.

#F1EFEA 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 #EAECF1; it also sits naturally between #F1EBEA and #EFF1EA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 94% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 3% · Key 5%

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

Previews

CSS code for #F1EFEA

.text { color: #F1EFEA; }
.background { background-color: #F1EFEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F1EFEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(241, 239, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 20%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F1EFEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(241, 239, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F1EFEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(241, 239, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F1EFEA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F1EFEA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EAECF1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #F1EFEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F1EFEA

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:

How #F1EFEA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F1EFEA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F1EFE9  ·  #F1EFEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F1EFEA?

#F1EFEA is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 241, 239, 234). Its closest standard named color is WhiteSmoke.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F1EFEA?

#F1EFEA is RGB 241, 239, 234 — HSL 43°, 20%, 93% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 3%, 5%.

What colors go with #F1EFEA?

Its complement is #EAECF1; analogous partners are #F1EBEA and #EFF1EA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F1EFEA for text?

Black text on #F1EFEA has a contrast ratio of 18.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.