HEX atlas value

#EFEFDC

#EFEFDC is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Alabaster. RGB 239, 239, 220, HSL 60° 37% 90%, luminance 0.8525; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light

#EFEFDC Sample readable text

HEX #EFEFDC

RGB rgb(239, 239, 220)

HSL hsl(60 37% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 8, 6)

Luminance 0.8525

Contrast Black 18.05:1White 1.16:1

CSS

--color-efefdc: #EFEFDC;
.background-efefdc { background-color: #EFEFDC; }
.text-efefdc { color: #EFEFDC; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EFEFDC

#EFEFDC is classified as a warm yellow value with light visual character. #EFEFDC is visually closest to Alabaster, a named yellow color with HEX #EDEAE0.

The RGB channels are 239, 239, and 220, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg with 37% saturation and 90% 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 0.8525, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.71, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text18.05:1AA Pass

White text1.16:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

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

Black text#00000018.05:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.16:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Beige#F5F5DC · #000000 text · best 18.98:1 #F5F5D6#F5F5D6 · #000000 text · best 18.91:1 Marble White#F2F0E6 · #000000 text · best 18.38:1 #E6EFDC#E6EFDC · #000000 text · best 17.74:1

Generated Palette

#EFEFDC#EFEFDC

#DCDCEF#DCDCEF

#EFE6DC#EFE6DC

#E6EFDC#E6EFDC

White#FFFFFF

#D2D29D#D2D29D

Color Harmonies

#DCDCEF#DCDCEF

#EFE6DC#EFE6DC

#E6EFDC#E6EFDC

#DCEFEF#DCEFEF

#EFDCEF#EFDCEF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#D2D29D#D2D29D

#F5F5D6#F5F5D6

#E9E9E2#E9E9E2

White#FFFFFF

#FFFFF5#FFFFF5

Nearest Named Colors

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Beige#F5F5DC

Marble White#F2F0E6

Parchment#F1E9D2

Luminance0.8525

Black text18.05:1AA Pass

White text1.16:1AA 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":"#EFEFDC","rgb":[239,239,220],"hsl":[60,37,90],"cmyk":[0,0,8,6],"luminance":0.8525,"contrast":{"black":18.05,"white":1.16}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.05,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.16,"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":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.98,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F5F5D6","hex":"#F5F5D6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.91,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.38,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E6EFDC","hex":"#E6EFDC","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.74,"contrastWhite":1.18,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","light yellow","Alabaster 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/efefdc.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggshell.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/beige.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#DCDCEF","analogous":["#EFE6DC","#E6EFDC"],"triadic":["#DCEFEF","#EFDCEF"],"tetradic":["#DCEFE6","#DCDCEF","#EFDCE6"],"splitComplementary":["#DCE6EF","#E6DCEF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EFEFDC","#D2D29D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#D2D29D","saturated":"#F5F5D6","desaturated":"#E9E9E2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":6.708203932499369},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":7.874007874011811},{"slug":"beige","name":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","distance":8.48528137423857},{"slug":"marble-white","name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","distance":10.488088481701515},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":11.832159566199232}]

#EFEFDC

CSS

About #EFEFDC

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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