HEX atlas value

#EFE6C8

#EFE6C8 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Vellum. RGB 239, 230, 200, HSL 46° 55% 86%, luminance 0.7911; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light

#EFE6C8 Sample readable text

HEX #EFE6C8

RGB rgb(239, 230, 200)

HSL hsl(46 55% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 16, 6)

Luminance 0.7911

Contrast Black 16.82:1White 1.25:1

CSS

--color-efe6c8: #EFE6C8;
.background-efe6c8 { background-color: #EFE6C8; }
.text-efe6c8 { color: #EFE6C8; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EFE6C8

#EFE6C8 is classified as a warm yellow value with light visual character. #EFE6C8 is visually closest to Vellum, a named orange color with HEX #EFE3C8.

The RGB channels are 239, 230, and 200, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 46deg with 55% saturation and 86% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.7911, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 3.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.82:1AA Pass

White text1.25:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EFE6C8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.82:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.25:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Canvas#F4EBD0 · #000000 text · best 17.64:1 #F7EAC0#F7EAC0 · #000000 text · best 17.49:1 #E4EFC8#E4EFC8 · #000000 text · best 17.48:1 Parchment#F1E9D2 · #000000 text · best 17.33:1

Generated Palette

#EFE6C8#EFE6C8

#C8D1EF#C8D1EF

#EFD2C8#EFD2C8

#E4EFC8#E4EFC8

White#FFFFFF

#DAC581#DAC581

Color Harmonies

#C8D1EF#C8D1EF

#EFD2C8#EFD2C8

#E4EFC8#E4EFC8

#C8EFE6#C8EFE6

#E6C8EF#E6C8EF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#DAC581#DAC581

#F7EAC0#F7EAC0

#E7E2D0#E7E2D0

White#FFFFFF

#FFF8E0#FFF8E0

Nearest Named Colors

Vellum#EFE3C8

Pearl#EAE0C8

Champagne#F7E7CE

Parchment#F1E9D2

Canvas#F4EBD0

Luminance0.7911

Black text16.82:1AA Pass

White text1.25:1AA 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":"#EFE6C8","rgb":[239,230,200],"hsl":[46,55,86],"cmyk":[0,4,16,6],"luminance":0.7911,"contrast":{"black":16.82,"white":1.25}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.82,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.25,"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":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.64,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F7EAC0","hex":"#F7EAC0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.49,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E4EFC8","hex":"#E4EFC8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.48,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.33,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","light yellow","Vellum adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/efe6c8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vellum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pearl.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/champagne.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#C8D1EF","analogous":["#EFD2C8","#E4EFC8"],"triadic":["#C8EFE6","#E6C8EF"],"tetradic":["#C8EFD2","#C8D1EF","#EFC8E4"],"splitComplementary":["#C8E4EF","#D2C8EF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EFE6C8","#DAC581"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#DAC581","saturated":"#F7EAC0","desaturated":"#E7E2D0","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF8E0"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":3},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":7.810249675906654},{"slug":"champagne","name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","distance":10.04987562112089},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":10.63014581273465},{"slug":"canvas","name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","distance":10.677078252031311}]

#EFE6C8

CSS

About #EFE6C8

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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