HEX atlas value

#EFD79F

#EFD79F is a warm orange HEX color close to Soft Peach. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 239, 215, 159, HSL 42, 71%, 78%, has luminance 0.6945, and belongs to the pastel group.

orange warm pastel

#EFD79F Sample readable text

HEX #EFD79F

RGB rgb(239, 215, 159)

HSL hsl(42 71% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 10, 33, 6)

Luminance 0.6945

Contrast Black 14.89:1White 1.41:1

CSS

--color-efd79f: #EFD79F;
.background-efd79f { background-color: #EFD79F; }
.text-efd79f { color: #EFD79F; }

Luminance0.6945

Black text14.89:1AA Pass

White text1.41:1AA 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":"#EFD79F","rgb":[239,215,159],"hsl":[42,71,78],"cmyk":[0,10,33,6],"luminance":0.6945,"contrast":{"black":14.89,"white":1.41}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.89,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.41,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FCF8EE","hex":"#FCF8EE","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.8,"contrastWhite":1.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DFEF9F","hex":"#DFEF9F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.98,"contrastWhite":1.24,"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/efd79f.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/pale-goldenrod.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#9FB7EF","analogous":["#EFAF9F","#DFEF9F"],"triadic":["#9FEFD7","#D79FEF"],"tetradic":["#9FEFAF","#9FB7EF","#EF9FDF"],"splitComplementary":["#9FDFEF","#AF9FEF"],"monochromatic":["#FCF8EE","#EFD79F","#E1B651"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FCF8EE","dark":"#E1B651","saturated":"#FBDC93","desaturated":"#E2D2AB","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEAB8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"soft-peach","name":"Soft Peach","hex":"#FAD7A0","distance":11.045361017187261},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":18.867962264113206},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":20.273134932713294},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":21.354156504062622},{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":22.02271554554524}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EFD79F

#EFD79F is classified as a warm orange value with pastel visual character. #EFD79F is visually closest to Soft Peach, a named orange color with HEX #FAD7A0.

The RGB channels are 239, 215, and 159, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 42deg 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 0.6945, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.05, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.89:1AA Pass

White text1.41:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EFD79F needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.89:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.41:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FCF8EE#000000 text · best 19.8:1#FCF8EE

#DFEF9F#000000 text · best 16.98:1#DFEF9F

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

#EFD79F#EFD79F

#9FB7EF#9FB7EF

#EFAF9F#EFAF9F

#DFEF9F#DFEF9F

#FCF8EE#FCF8EE

#E1B651#E1B651

Color Harmonies

#9FB7EF#9FB7EF

#EFAF9F#EFAF9F

#DFEF9F#DFEF9F

#9FEFD7#9FEFD7

#D79FEF#D79FEF

Variants

#FCF8EE#FCF8EE

#E1B651#E1B651

#FBDC93#FBDC93

#E2D2AB#E2D2AB

White#FFFFFF

#FFEAB8#FFEAB8

Nearest Named Colors

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Wheat#F5DEB3

#EFD79F

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EFD79F

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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