Palettes / Colors / #EADFC5

#EADFC5 — Pale Muted Yellow

#EADFC5 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 #EADFC5 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.

#EADFC5 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 #C7D2EB; it also sits naturally between #EBCEC7 and #E4EBC7. 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 92% · Green 87% · Blue 77%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 16% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EADFC5

.text { color: #EADFC5; }
.background { background-color: #EADFC5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EADFC5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 223, 197); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 47%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EADFC5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 223, 197, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EADFC5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 223, 197, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EADFC5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EADFC5">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7D2EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EADFC5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EADFC5

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 #EADFC5 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 #EADFC5 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

← #EADFC4  ·  #EADFC6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EADFC5?

#EADFC5 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 223, 197). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EADFC5?

#EADFC5 is RGB 234, 223, 197 — HSL 42°, 47%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 16%, 8%.

What colors go with #EADFC5?

Its complement is #C7D2EB; analogous partners are #EBCEC7 and #E4EBC7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EADFC5 for text?

Black text on #EADFC5 has a contrast ratio of 15.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.