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#E2DDAC — Light Muted Yellow

#E2DDAC is a yellow color we call Light 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 #E2DDAC 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.

#E2DDAC 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 #ACB1E2; it also sits naturally between #E2C2AC and #CCE2AC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2DDAC · RGB 226, 221, 172

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Color values

HEX#E2DDAC
RGB226, 221, 172
HSL54°, 48%, 78%
HSV54°, 24%, 89%
CMYK0%, 2%, 24%, 11%
XYZ64.67, 70.86, 49.30
Yxy70.86, 0.3499, 0.3834
CIE-Lab87.42, -6.00, 24.73
Hunter Lab84.18, -5.78, 20.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 24% · Key 11%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2DDAC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2DDAC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2DDAC

.text { color: #E2DDAC; }
.background { background-color: #E2DDAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2DDAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 221, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 48%, 78%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2DDAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 221, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2DDAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 221, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2DDAC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2DDAC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2DDAC

#D9D192#CEC573#C5BA59#B5A940#9B9136#80782D#625C22#484319#2A270F#0F0E05

Tints of #E2DDAC

#E4E0B4#E7E3BB#E8E4BF#EBE7C6#EEEBCE#F0EED5#F3F1DD#F4F2E1#F7F6E8#FAF9F0

Tones of #E2DDAC

#DED9B0#DAD6B4#D6D3B8#D3D0BB#CFCDBF#CBCAC3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACB1E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.38:1 Fails
Against black text15.17:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2DDAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2DDAC

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 #E2DDAC: ·

How #E2DDAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0E0B8Deuteranopia · #E0E1BBTritanopia · #E2C1C3

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2DDAC rather than the exact color:

Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB
Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Palette 932f67
#932F67 · #D92C54 · #DDDEAB · #8ABB6C
Palette D7c097
#D7C097 · #E7DEAF · #73AF6F · #007E6E
Gentle Ruby Aurora
#E2DFA6 · #D4CF81 · #C0B949 · #B3AA2E
Palette E0d8b0
#E0D8B0 · #FCFFE7 · #DEA057 · #CE9461

Similar colors

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

#E2DAAB#E2DEA9#DDDEAB#E7DEAF#E2DFA6#E0D8B0#E5D7AB#DBDFAA#E2E0A5#E4D6A9#E2DDB4#E8E2AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2DDAB  ·  #E2DDAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2DDAC?

#E2DDAC is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 221, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2DDAC?

#E2DDAC is RGB 226, 221, 172 — HSL 54°, 48%, 78% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 24%, 11%.

What colors go with #E2DDAC?

Its complement is #ACB1E2; analogous partners are #E2C2AC and #CCE2AC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2DDAC for text?

Black text on #E2DDAC has a contrast ratio of 15.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.38:1.