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#EAEFCC — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEFCC 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 #EAEFCC 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.

#EAEFCC 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 #D2CDEF; it also sits naturally between #EFE3CD and #D9EFCD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEFCC · RGB 234, 239, 204

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Color values

HEX#EAEFCC
RGB234, 239, 204
HSL69°, 52%, 87%
HSV69°, 15%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 15%, 6%
XYZ75.70, 83.59, 69.27
Yxy83.59, 0.3312, 0.3657
CIE-Lab93.27, -7.53, 16.38
Hunter Lab91.42, -7.43, 14.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 80%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEFCC

.text { color: #EAEFCC; }
.background { background-color: #EAEFCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEFCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 239, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 52%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEFCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 239, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEFCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 239, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEFCC

#DDE5AE#CEDA8B#C1D06C#B4C74D#A0B238#818F2D#657023#49511A#2A2F0F#0E1005

Tints of #EAEFCC

#ECF0D0#EDF2D4#EFF3D8#F0F4DC#F2F5E0#F2F5E0#F4F6E4#F5F8E8#F7F9EC#F9FAEF

Tones of #EAEFCC

#E8EDCF#E6EAD2#E5E8D4#E3E5D7#E1E3D9#DFE0DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D2CDEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.72:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEFCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEFCC

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 #EAEFCC: ·

How #EAEFCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECD4Deuteranopia · #ECECD7Tritanopia · #EADBDD

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 #EAEFCC rather than the exact color:

Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Palette Dba979
#DBA979 · #ECCA9C · #E8EFCF · #AFD198
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette Ebefd0
#EBEFD0 · #32DBC6 · #49BEB7 · #FF502F

Similar colors

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

#EAEDCD#EAECCC#E8EFCF#E9EDC9#EDEDCE#EBEFD0#E8F2CF#E6EEC9#EDEBCA#EAEACF#E7F4CC#E7EFC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEFCB  ·  #EAEFCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEFCC?

#EAEFCC is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 239, 204). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEFCC?

#EAEFCC is RGB 234, 239, 204 — HSL 69°, 52%, 87% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 15%, 6%.

What colors go with #EAEFCC?

Its complement is #D2CDEF; analogous partners are #EFE3CD and #D9EFCD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEFCC for text?

Black text on #EAEFCC has a contrast ratio of 17.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.