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#EAEED2 — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEED2 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 #EAEED2 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.

#EAEED2 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 #D7D3EE; it also sits naturally between #EEE5D3 and #DCEED3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEED2 · RGB 234, 238, 210

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Color values

HEX#EAEED2
RGB234, 238, 210
HSL69°, 45%, 88%
HSV69°, 12%, 93%
CMYK2%, 0%, 12%, 7%
XYZ76.14, 83.29, 73.04
Yxy83.29, 0.3275, 0.3583
CIE-Lab93.14, -6.08, 13.10
Hunter Lab91.27, -6.02, 11.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 82%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEED2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEED2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEED2

.text { color: #EAEED2; }
.background { background-color: #EAEED2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEED2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 238, 210); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 45%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEED2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 238, 210, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEED2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 238, 210, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEED2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEED2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEED2

#DCE3B5#CCD694#BECB76#AFBE55#9AAA41#7F8D35#616B29#464E1D#282C11#0D0F06

Tints of #EAEED2

#ECF0D6#EEF1DA#EEF1DA#EFF2DE#F1F4E1#F3F5E5#F5F7E9#F5F7E9#F6F8ED#F8F9F0

Tones of #EAEED2

#E9ECD4#E7EAD7#E6E8D8#E4E6DB#E3E4DC#E2E2DF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D7D3EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEED2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEED2

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 #EAEED2: ·

How #EAEED2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECD9Deuteranopia · #ECEBDATritanopia · #EADEDF

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 #EAEED2 rather than the exact color:

Dreamy Solace
#6C9326 · #52A4D2 · #D55FAA · #E8EDD2
Palette Ebefd0
#EBEFD0 · #32DBC6 · #49BEB7 · #FF502F
Palette Dba979
#DBA979 · #ECCA9C · #E8EFCF · #AFD198
Hidden Aurora
#A69531 · #53CCBA · #AC39BF · #EAEACF
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD

Similar colors

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

#E8EDD2#EBEFD0#E8EFCF#EAEACF#EDEDCE#EAEDCD#E8F2CF#E8ECD7#EDF1D6#EAECCC#F0EDD4#E5EDD6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEED1  ·  #EAEED3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEED2?

#EAEED2 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 238, 210). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEED2?

#EAEED2 is RGB 234, 238, 210 — HSL 69°, 45%, 88% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 12%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEED2?

Its complement is #D7D3EE; analogous partners are #EEE5D3 and #DCEED3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEED2 for text?

Black text on #EAEED2 has a contrast ratio of 17.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.