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#EAEDCC — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEDCC is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color AntiqueWhite (#FAEBD7). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: antiquewhite (#FAEBD7) — not an exact match. CSS antiquewhite gives you #FAEBD7, a different color; use #EAEDCC 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.

#EAEDCC 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 #CDCAEC; it also sits naturally between #ECDECA and #D8ECCA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEDCC · RGB 234, 237, 204

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Color values

HEX#EAEDCC
RGB234, 237, 204
HSL65°, 48%, 86%
HSV65°, 14%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 14%, 7%
XYZ75.11, 82.42, 69.08
Yxy82.42, 0.3315, 0.3637
CIE-Lab92.76, -6.52, 15.67
Hunter Lab90.79, -6.44, 14.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 80%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 14% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEDCC

.text { color: #EAEDCC; }
.background { background-color: #EAEDCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEDCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 237, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 48%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEDCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 237, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEDCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 237, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEDCC

#DDE2AC#D1D78E#C3CB6C#B7C14E#A1AA3C#848C31#686D26#474B1B#2B2D10#0E0F05

Tints of #EAEDCC

#EBEECE#EDEFD2#EEF0D5#F0F2D9#F1F3DD#F3F4E1#F4F6E5#F6F7E8#F7F8EC#F9FAF0

Tones of #EAEDCC

#E7EACD#E5E7CF#E3E5D2#E2E3D4#DFE0D6#DDDED9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDCAEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.48:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEDCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEDCC

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 #EAEDCC: ·

How #EAEDCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBD4Deuteranopia · #EBEBD6Tritanopia · #EADADC

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 #EAEDCC rather than the exact color:

Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette 121435
#121435 · #FAF9F0 · #EDEBCA · #FF5722
Palette Dba979
#DBA979 · #ECCA9C · #E8EFCF · #AFD198

Similar colors

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

#EAEDCD#EAECCC#E9EDC9#EDEDCE#EDEBCA#E8EFCF#EAEACF#EBEFD0#E6EEC9#E8F2CF#E7EFC7#E8EDD2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEDCB  ·  #EAEDCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEDCC?

#EAEDCC is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 237, 204). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEDCC?

#EAEDCC is RGB 234, 237, 204 — HSL 65°, 48%, 86% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 14%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEDCC?

Its complement is #CDCAEC; analogous partners are #ECDECA and #D8ECCA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEDCC for text?

Black text on #EAEDCC has a contrast ratio of 17.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.