Palettes / Colors / #EAEADE

#EAEADE — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EAEADE is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty 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 #EAEADE 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.

#EAEADE 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 #DDDDE9; it also sits naturally between #E9E3DD and #E3E9DD. 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 92% · Blue 87%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #EAEADE

.text { color: #EAEADE; }
.background { background-color: #EAEADE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEADE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 234, 222); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 22%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEADE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 234, 222, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEADE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 234, 222, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #DDDDE9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAEADE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEADE

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 #EAEADE 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 #EAEADE 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

← #EAEADD  ·  #EAEADF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEADE?

#EAEADE is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 234, 222). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEADE?

#EAEADE is RGB 234, 234, 222 — HSL 60°, 22%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 5%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEADE?

Its complement is #DDDDE9; analogous partners are #E9E3DD and #E3E9DD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEADE for text?

Black text on #EAEADE has a contrast ratio of 17.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.