HEX atlas value

#EFD69F

#EFD69F is a warm orange HEX color close to Soft Peach. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 239, 214, 159, HSL 41, 71%, 78%, has luminance 0.6895, and belongs to the pastel group.

orange warm pastel

#EFD69F Sample readable text

HEX #EFD69F

RGB rgb(239, 214, 159)

HSL hsl(41 71% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 10, 33, 6)

Luminance 0.6895

Contrast Black 14.79:1White 1.42:1

CSS

--color-efd69f: #EFD69F;
.background-efd69f { background-color: #EFD69F; }
.text-efd69f { color: #EFD69F; }

Luminance0.6895

Black text14.79:1AA Pass

White text1.42:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EFD69F","rgb":[239,214,159],"hsl":[41,71,78],"cmyk":[0,10,33,6],"luminance":0.6895,"contrast":{"black":14.79,"white":1.42}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.79,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.42,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FCF7EE","hex":"#FCF7EE","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.68,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E0EF9F","hex":"#E0EF9F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.02,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.76,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.61,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.98,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","pastel","pastel orange","Soft Peach adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/efd69f.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-peach.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/desert-sand.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#9FB8EF","analogous":["#EFAE9F","#E0EF9F"],"triadic":["#9FEFD6","#D69FEF"],"tetradic":["#9FEFAE","#9FB8EF","#EF9FE0"],"splitComplementary":["#9FE0EF","#AE9FEF"],"monochromatic":["#FCF7EE","#EFD69F","#E1B451"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FCF7EE","dark":"#E1B451","saturated":"#FBDA93","desaturated":"#E2D1AB","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFE8B8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"soft-peach","name":"Soft Peach","hex":"#FAD7A0","distance":11.090536506409418},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":19.621416870348583},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":20.71231517720798},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":21.118712081942874},{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":22.360679774997898}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EFD69F

#EFD69F is classified as a warm orange value with pastel visual character. #EFD69F is visually closest to Soft Peach, a named orange color with HEX #FAD7A0.

The RGB channels are 239, 214, and 159, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 41deg with 71% saturation and 78% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.6895, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.09, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.79:1AA Pass

White text1.42:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EFD69F needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.79:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.42:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FCF7EE#000000 text · best 19.68:1#FCF7EE

#E0EF9F#000000 text · best 17.02:1#E0EF9F

Pale Goldenrod#000000 text · best 16.76:1#EEE8AA

Vanilla#000000 text · best 16.61:1#F3E5AB

Wheat#000000 text · best 15.98:1#F5DEB3

Generated Palette

#EFD69F#EFD69F

#9FB8EF#9FB8EF

#EFAE9F#EFAE9F

#E0EF9F#E0EF9F

#FCF7EE#FCF7EE

#E1B451#E1B451

Color Harmonies

#9FB8EF#9FB8EF

#EFAE9F#EFAE9F

#E0EF9F#E0EF9F

#9FEFD6#9FEFD6

#D69FEF#D69FEF

Variants

#FCF7EE#FCF7EE

#E1B451#E1B451

#FBDA93#FBDA93

#E2D1AB#E2D1AB

White#FFFFFF

#FFE8B8#FFE8B8

Nearest Named Colors

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Wheat#F5DEB3

#EFD69F

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EFD69F

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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