Palettes / Colors / #E7DFCA

#E7DFCA — Pale Muted Yellow

#E7DFCA is a yellow color we call Pale Muted 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 #E7DFCA 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.

#E7DFCA 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 #CAD2E7; it also sits naturally between #E7D1CA and #E1E7CA. 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 91% · Green 87% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 13% · Key 9%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E7DFCA

.text { color: #E7DFCA; }
.background { background-color: #E7DFCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E7DFCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(231, 223, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 38%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E7DFCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(231, 223, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E7DFCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(231, 223, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E7DFCA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E7DFCA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAD2E7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E7DFCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E7DFCA

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 #E7DFCA 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 #E7DFCA 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

← #E7DFC9  ·  #E7DFCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E7DFCA?

#E7DFCA is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 231, 223, 202). Its closest standard named color is Gainsboro.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E7DFCA?

#E7DFCA is RGB 231, 223, 202 — HSL 43°, 38%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 13%, 9%.

What colors go with #E7DFCA?

Its complement is #CAD2E7; analogous partners are #E7D1CA and #E1E7CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E7DFCA for text?

Black text on #E7DFCA has a contrast ratio of 15.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.