Palettes / Colors / #E2E1CA

#E2E1CA — Pale Dusty Yellow

#E2E1CA 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 #E2E1CA 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.

#E2E1CA 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 #CACBE2; it also sits naturally between #E2D5CA and #D7E2CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

Copy HEX Copy RGB Copy HSL Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 88% · Blue 79%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #E2E1CA

.text { color: #E2E1CA; }
.background { background-color: #E2E1CA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2E1CA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 225, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 29%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2E1CA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 225, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2E1CA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 225, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2E1CA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2E1CA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2E1CA

Tints of #E2E1CA

Tones of #E2E1CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CACBE2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E2E1CA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2E1CA

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 #E2E1CA 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 #E2E1CA 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

← #E2E1C9  ·  #E2E1CB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2E1CA?

#E2E1CA is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 225, 202). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2E1CA?

#E2E1CA is RGB 226, 225, 202 — HSL 58°, 29%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 11%, 11%.

What colors go with #E2E1CA?

Its complement is #CACBE2; analogous partners are #E2D5CA and #D7E2CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2E1CA for text?

Black text on #E2E1CA has a contrast ratio of 15.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.