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#ECEDE2 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#ECEDE2 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 #ECEDE2 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.

#ECEDE2 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 #E4E3ED; it also sits naturally between #EDE9E3 and #E7EDE3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECEDE2 · RGB 236, 237, 226

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Color values

HEX#ECEDE2
RGB236, 237, 226
HSL65°, 23%, 91%
HSV65°, 5%, 93%
CMYK0%, 0%, 5%, 7%
XYZ78.60, 83.89, 84.00
Yxy83.89, 0.3189, 0.3403
CIE-Lab93.40, -2.24, 5.20
Hunter Lab91.59, -2.24, 4.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 5% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECEDE2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECEDE2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECEDE2

.text { color: #ECEDE2; }
.background { background-color: #ECEDE2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEDE2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 237, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 23%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEDE2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 237, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEDE2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 237, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECEDE2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECEDE2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECEDE2

#DADCC7#C9CCAD#B7BA91#A4A975#92975E#777A4D#5B5E3B#404229#28291A#0C0D08

Tints of #ECEDE2

#EFEFE6#EFEFE6#F1F1E9#F1F1E9#F3F3EC#F3F3EC#F5F5EF#F5F5EF#F7F7F2#F7F7F2

Tones of #ECEDE2

#ECEDE3#EBECE4#EBEBE5#EAEAE6#E9EAE6#E9E9E7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E4E3ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECEDE2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEDE2

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 #ECEDE2: ·

How #ECEDE2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECE5Deuteranopia · #ECECE5Tritanopia · #ECE7E7

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECEDE2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0b1849
#0B1849 · #124D1C · #E4B028 · #EBEDE3
Palette Bbdce5
#BBDCE5 · #ECEEDF · #D9C4B0 · #CFAB8D
Palette Efece3
#EFECE3 · #8FABD4 · #4A70A9 · #000000
Palette 819a91
#819A91 · #A7C1A8 · #D1D8BE · #EEEFE0
Palette F0ece2
#F0ECE2 · #DFD3C3 · #C7B198 · #596E79
Palette F0ece3
#F0ECE3 · #DFD3C3 · #C7B198 · #596E79

Similar colors

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

#EBEDE3#ECEEDF#EFECE3#EEEFE0#F0ECE2#F0ECE3#ECEBDE#F0EBE3#EEF0E5#EFE9E3#F0ECE5#EDE9E6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECEDE1  ·  #ECEDE3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEDE2?

#ECEDE2 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 237, 226). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEDE2?

#ECEDE2 is RGB 236, 237, 226 — HSL 65°, 23%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 5%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECEDE2?

Its complement is #E4E3ED; analogous partners are #EDE9E3 and #E7EDE3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEDE2 for text?

Black text on #ECEDE2 has a contrast ratio of 17.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.