HEX atlas value

#EFE3B3

#EFE3B3 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Wheat. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 239, 227, 179, HSL 48, 65%, 82%, has luminance 0.7654, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#EFE3B3 Sample readable text

HEX #EFE3B3

RGB rgb(239, 227, 179)

HSL hsl(48 65% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 5, 25, 6)

Luminance 0.7654

Contrast Black 16.31:1White 1.29:1

CSS

--color-efe3b3: #EFE3B3;
.background-efe3b3 { background-color: #EFE3B3; }
.text-efe3b3 { color: #EFE3B3; }

Luminance0.7654

Black text16.31:1AA Pass

White text1.29:1AA 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":"#EFE3B3","rgb":[239,227,179],"hsl":[48,65,82],"cmyk":[0,5,25,6],"luminance":0.7654,"contrast":{"black":16.31,"white":1.29}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.31,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.29,"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":"#F9E9A9","hex":"#F9E9A9","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.26,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Peach","hex":"#FFE5B4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.12,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DDEFB3","hex":"#DDEFB3","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.07,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.02,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Wheat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/efe3b3.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":"#B3BFEF","analogous":["#EFC5B3","#DDEFB3"],"triadic":["#B3EFE3","#E3B3EF"],"tetradic":["#B3EFC5","#B3BFEF","#EFB3DD"],"splitComplementary":["#B3DDEF","#C5B3EF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EFE3B3","#DFC768"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#DFC768","saturated":"#F9E9A9","desaturated":"#E5DDBD","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF5CC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":7.810249675906654},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":9.16515138991168},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":10.344080432788601},{"slug":"moccasin","name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","distance":16.15549442140351},{"slug":"peach","name":"Peach","hex":"#FFE5B4","distance":16.15549442140351}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EFE3B3

#EFE3B3 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #EFE3B3 is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 239, 227, and 179, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 48deg 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, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.7654, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.81, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.31:1AA Pass

White text1.29:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EFE3B3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.31:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.29:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#F9E9A9#000000 text · best 17.26:1#F9E9A9

Peach#000000 text · best 17.12:1#FFE5B4

#DDEFB3#000000 text · best 17.07:1#DDEFB3

Moccasin#000000 text · best 17.02:1#FFE4B5

Generated Palette

#EFE3B3#EFE3B3

#B3BFEF#B3BFEF

#EFC5B3#EFC5B3

#DDEFB3#DDEFB3

White#FFFFFF

#DFC768#DFC768

Color Harmonies

#B3BFEF#B3BFEF

#EFC5B3#EFC5B3

#DDEFB3#DDEFB3

#B3EFE3#B3EFE3

#E3B3EF#E3B3EF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#DFC768#DFC768

#F9E9A9#F9E9A9

#E5DDBD#E5DDBD

White#FFFFFF

#FFF5CC#FFF5CC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Moccasin#FFE4B5

Peach#FFE5B4

#EFE3B3

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EFE3B3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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