Palettes / Colors / #E9ECD4

#E9ECD4 — Pale Muted Yellow

#E9ECD4 is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #E9ECD4 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.

#E9ECD4 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 #D8D4EC; it also sits naturally between #ECE4D4 and #DDECD4. 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 93% · Blue 83%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 10% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E9ECD4

.text { color: #E9ECD4; }
.background { background-color: #E9ECD4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E9ECD4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(233, 236, 212); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 39%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E9ECD4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(233, 236, 212, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E9ECD4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(233, 236, 212, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E9ECD4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E9ECD4">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D8D4EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E9ECD4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E9ECD4

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 #E9ECD4 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 #E9ECD4 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

← #E9ECD3  ·  #E9ECD5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E9ECD4?

#E9ECD4 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 233, 236, 212). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E9ECD4?

#E9ECD4 is RGB 233, 236, 212 — HSL 68°, 39%, 88% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 10%, 7%.

What colors go with #E9ECD4?

Its complement is #D8D4EC; analogous partners are #ECE4D4 and #DDECD4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E9ECD4 for text?

Black text on #E9ECD4 has a contrast ratio of 17.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.