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#E4EAC2 — Pale Muted Yellow

#E4EAC2 is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #E4EAC2 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.

#E4EAC2 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 #C8C2EA; it also sits naturally between #EADCC2 and #D0EAC2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4EAC2 · RGB 228, 234, 194

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Color values

HEX#E4EAC2
RGB228, 234, 194
HSL69°, 49%, 84%
HSV69°, 17%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 17%, 8%
XYZ71.16, 79.23, 62.58
Yxy79.23, 0.3341, 0.3720
CIE-Lab91.34, -8.67, 18.78
Hunter Lab89.01, -8.46, 16.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 76%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4EAC2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4EAC2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4EAC2

.text { color: #E4EAC2; }
.background { background-color: #E4EAC2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4EAC2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 234, 194); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 49%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4EAC2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 234, 194, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4EAC2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 234, 194, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4EAC2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4EAC2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4EAC2

#D7E0A4#C9D585#BCCB67#AFC149#97A739#7B892F#606A24#444C1A#292E10#0E0F05

Tints of #E4EAC2

#E6EBC6#E8EDCA#EBEFD1#EDF1D5#EEF2D9#F0F3DD#F2F5E1#F5F7E8#F7F8EC#F8FAF0

Tones of #E4EAC2

#E2E7C5#E0E4C8#DEE2CB#DCDFCE#DADCD0#D8D9D3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8C2EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4EAC2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4EAC2

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 #E4EAC2: ·

How #E4EAC2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7CCDeuteranopia · #E6E6CETritanopia · #E4D3D5

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E4EAC2 rather than the exact color:

Amber Breeze
#86B224 · #50B0DB · #CD2A9A · #E5ECC4
Palette 016b61
#016B61 · #70B2B2 · #9ECFD4 · #E5E9C5
Palette E6ba95
#E6BA95 · #FAFDD6 · #E4E9BE · #A2B38B
Smoky Ruby Mirage
#827E19 · #24B9B4 · #D131D7 · #E8ECC4
Dusty Solace
#648316 · #2EABDD · #DF3EB1 · #E0EEC2
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6

Similar colors

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

#E5ECC4#E5E9C5#E4E9BE#E8ECC4#E0EEC2#E1F0C4#E1ECC8#E0E5BF#DEE7C5#E1E9C9#E7EFC7#E3F2C1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4EAC1  ·  #E4EAC3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4EAC2?

#E4EAC2 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 228, 234, 194). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4EAC2?

#E4EAC2 is RGB 228, 234, 194 — HSL 69°, 49%, 84% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 17%, 8%.

What colors go with #E4EAC2?

Its complement is #C8C2EA; analogous partners are #EADCC2 and #D0EAC2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4EAC2 for text?

Black text on #E4EAC2 has a contrast ratio of 16.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.