Palettes / Colors / #FFEFCA

#FFEFCA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FFEFCA is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color BlanchedAlmond (#FFEBCD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blanchedalmond (#FFEBCD) — not an exact match. CSS blanchedalmond gives you #FFEBCD, a different color; use #FFEFCA 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.

#FFEFCA 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 #CCDBFF; it also sits naturally between #FFD6CC and #F5FFCC. 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 100% · Green 94% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 21% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FFEFCA

.text { color: #FFEFCA; }
.background { background-color: #FFEFCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFEFCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 239, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 100%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFEFCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 239, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFEFCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 239, 202, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCDBFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FFEFCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFEFCA

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 #FFEFCA 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 #FFEFCA 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

← #FFEFC9  ·  #FFEFCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFEFCA?

#FFEFCA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 239, 202). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFEFCA?

#FFEFCA is RGB 255, 239, 202 — HSL 42°, 100%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 21%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFEFCA?

Its complement is #CCDBFF; analogous partners are #FFD6CC and #F5FFCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFEFCA for text?

Black text on #FFEFCA has a contrast ratio of 18.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.14:1.