HEX atlas value

#EFDCB3

#EFDCB3 is a warm orange HEX color close to Wheat. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 239, 220, 179, HSL 41, 65%, 82%, has luminance 0.7279, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#EFDCB3 Sample readable text

HEX #EFDCB3

RGB rgb(239, 220, 179)

HSL hsl(41 65% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 25, 6)

Luminance 0.7279

Contrast Black 15.56:1White 1.35:1

CSS

--color-efdcb3: #EFDCB3;
.background-efdcb3 { background-color: #EFDCB3; }
.text-efdcb3 { color: #EFDCB3; }

Luminance0.7279

Black text15.56:1AA Pass

White text1.35:1AA 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":"#EFDCB3","rgb":[239,220,179],"hsl":[41,65,82],"cmyk":[0,8,25,6],"luminance":0.7279,"contrast":{"black":15.56,"white":1.35}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.56,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.35,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E4EFB3","hex":"#E4EFB3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.3,"contrastWhite":1.21,"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":"Navajo White","hex":"#FFDEAD","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.3,"contrastWhite":1.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Wheat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/efdcb3.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wheat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-goldenrod.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B3C6EF","analogous":["#EFBEB3","#E4EFB3"],"triadic":["#B3EFDC","#DCB3EF"],"tetradic":["#B3EFBE","#B3C6EF","#EFB3E4"],"splitComplementary":["#B3E4EF","#BEB3EF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EFDCB3","#DFB968"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#DFB968","saturated":"#F9E0A9","desaturated":"#E5D8BD","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":6.324555320336759},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":12.68857754044952},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":15.033296378372908},{"slug":"feldspar","name":"Feldspar","hex":"#F0CDB7","distance":15.556349186104045},{"slug":"navajo-white","name":"Navajo White","hex":"#FFDEAD","distance":17.204650534085253}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EFDCB3

#EFDCB3 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #EFDCB3 is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 239, 220, and 179, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 41deg with 65% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.7279, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.32, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.56:1AA Pass

White text1.35:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EFDCB3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.56:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.35:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#E4EFB3#000000 text · best 17.3:1#E4EFB3

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

Vanilla#000000 text · best 16.61:1#F3E5AB

Navajo White#000000 text · best 16.3:1#FFDEAD

Generated Palette

#EFDCB3#EFDCB3

#B3C6EF#B3C6EF

#EFBEB3#EFBEB3

#E4EFB3#E4EFB3

White#FFFFFF

#DFB968#DFB968

Color Harmonies

#B3C6EF#B3C6EF

#EFBEB3#EFBEB3

#E4EFB3#E4EFB3

#B3EFDC#B3EFDC

#DCB3EF#DCB3EF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#DFB968#DFB968

#F9E0A9#F9E0A9

#E5D8BD#E5D8BD

White#FFFFFF

#FFEFCC#FFEFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Feldspar#F0CDB7

Navajo White#FFDEAD

#EFDCB3

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EFDCB3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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