Palettes / Colors / #DEE3BD

#DEE3BD — Pale Muted Yellow

#DEE3BD is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DEE3BD when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DEE3BD is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C4BFE3; it also sits naturally between #E3D6BF and #CCE3BF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 89% · Blue 74%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #DEE3BD

.text { color: #DEE3BD; }
.background { background-color: #DEE3BD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEE3BD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 227, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 40%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEE3BD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 227, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEE3BD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 227, 189, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEE3BD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEE3BD">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C4BFE3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DEE3BD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEE3BD

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #DEE3BD looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DEE3BD rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEE3BC  ·  #DEE3BE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEE3BD?

#DEE3BD is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 222, 227, 189). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEE3BD?

#DEE3BD is RGB 222, 227, 189 — HSL 68°, 40%, 82% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 17%, 11%.

What colors go with #DEE3BD?

Its complement is #C4BFE3; analogous partners are #E3D6BF and #CCE3BF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEE3BD for text?

Black text on #DEE3BD has a contrast ratio of 15.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.