Palettes / Colors / #E1DECD

#E1DECD — Pale Dusty Yellow

#E1DECD 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 #E1DECD 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.

#E1DECD 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 #CCCFE0; it also sits naturally between #E0D3CC and #D9E0CC. 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 88% · Green 87% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 9% · Key 12%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E1DECD

.text { color: #E1DECD; }
.background { background-color: #E1DECD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E1DECD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(225, 222, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 25%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E1DECD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(225, 222, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E1DECD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(225, 222, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E1DECD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E1DECD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E1DECD

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCCFE0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E1DECD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E1DECD

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 #E1DECD 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 #E1DECD 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

← #E1DECC  ·  #E1DECE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E1DECD?

#E1DECD is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 225, 222, 205). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E1DECD?

#E1DECD is RGB 225, 222, 205 — HSL 51°, 25%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 9%, 12%.

What colors go with #E1DECD?

Its complement is #CCCFE0; analogous partners are #E0D3CC and #D9E0CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E1DECD for text?

Black text on #E1DECD has a contrast ratio of 15.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.