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#E0DFD3 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#E0DFD3 is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Gainsboro (#DCDCDC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gainsboro (#DCDCDC) — not an exact match. CSS gainsboro gives you #DCDCDC, a different color; use #E0DFD3 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.

#E0DFD3 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 #D2D3DF; it also sits naturally between #DFD8D2 and #DADFD2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E0DFD3 · RGB 224, 223, 211

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Color values

HEX#E0DFD3
RGB224, 223, 211
HSL55°, 17%, 85%
HSV55°, 6%, 88%
CMYK0%, 0%, 6%, 12%
XYZ68.89, 73.33, 72.15
Yxy73.33, 0.3214, 0.3421
CIE-Lab88.60, -1.75, 5.99
Hunter Lab85.63, -1.71, 5.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 88% · Green 87% · Blue 83%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 6% · Key 12%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E0DFD3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E0DFD3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E0DFD3

.text { color: #E0DFD3; }
.background { background-color: #E0DFD3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E0DFD3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(224, 223, 211); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 17%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E0DFD3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(224, 223, 211, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E0DFD3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(224, 223, 211, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E0DFD3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E0DFD3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E0DFD3

#CECDBA#BDBBA3#ACAA8B#9C9873#86835F#6B694C#54523B#3C3A2A#242319#0C0C08

Tints of #E0DFD3

#E1E0D5#E3E3D8#E6E5DB#E8E7DE#ECEBE4#EEEDE7#F0F0EA#F2F2ED#F4F4F0#F7F6F3

Tones of #E0DFD3

#DEDED3#DDDDD4#DDDCD5#DBDBD6#DBDAD7#DAD9D8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D2D3DF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #E0DFD3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E0DFD3

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #E0DFD3: ·

How #E0DFD3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0E0D6Deuteranopia · #E0E0D7Tritanopia · #E0D8D9

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E0DFD3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff6d24
#FF6D24 · #4E413B · #857671 · #E2DED3
Palette B6ae9f
#B6AE9F · #C5C7BC · #DEDED1 · #FBF3D1
Palette 32012f
#32012F · #524C42 · #E2DFD0 · #F97300
Palette 6482ad
#6482AD · #7FA1C3 · #E2DAD6 · #F5EDED
Palette F0ebe3
#F0EBE3 · #E4DCCF · #7D9D9C · #576F72
Palette D2e0fb
#D2E0FB · #FEF9D9 · #DEE5D4 · #8EACCD

Similar colors

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

#E2DED3#DEDED1#E2DFD0#E2DAD6#E4DCCF#DEE5D4#E5E3D4#DDDAD0#E3E1D9#E4E4D0#E5E0D8#E7DFD5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E0DFD2  ·  #E0DFD4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E0DFD3?

#E0DFD3 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 224, 223, 211). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E0DFD3?

#E0DFD3 is RGB 224, 223, 211 — HSL 55°, 17%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 6%, 12%.

What colors go with #E0DFD3?

Its complement is #D2D3DF; analogous partners are #DFD8D2 and #DADFD2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E0DFD3 for text?

Black text on #E0DFD3 has a contrast ratio of 15.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.