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#ECEED1 — Pale Muted Yellow

#ECEED1 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 #ECEED1 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.

#ECEED1 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 #D4D2EE; it also sits naturally between #EEE2D2 and #DFEED2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECEED1 · RGB 236, 238, 209

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Color values

HEX#ECEED1
RGB236, 238, 209
HSL64°, 46%, 88%
HSV64°, 12%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 12%, 7%
XYZ76.68, 83.59, 72.41
Yxy83.59, 0.3295, 0.3592
CIE-Lab93.27, -5.54, 13.82
Hunter Lab91.43, -5.49, 12.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 82%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECEED1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECEED1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECEED1

.text { color: #ECEED1; }
.background { background-color: #ECEED1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEED1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 238, 209); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 46%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEED1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 238, 209, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEED1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 238, 209, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECEED1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECEED1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECEED1

#E0E3B5#D3D793#C6CC75#B8C054#A4AB3F#888D34#676C28#4B4E1D#2B2D11#0E0F06

Tints of #ECEED1

#EEF0D6#F0F1DA#F0F1DA#F1F3DD#F3F4E1#F4F5E5#F6F7E9#F6F7E9#F7F8EC#F9F9F0

Tones of #ECEED1

#EBECD4#E9EAD6#E7E8D8#E6E7DA#E4E4DC#E2E3DE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D4D2EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #ECEED1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEED1

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 #ECEED1: ·

How #ECEED1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDD8Deuteranopia · #EDEDDATritanopia · #ECDEDF

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 #ECEED1 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ebefd0
#EBEFD0 · #32DBC6 · #49BEB7 · #FF502F
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Dreamy Solace
#6C9326 · #52A4D2 · #D55FAA · #E8EDD2
Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette Dba979
#DBA979 · #ECCA9C · #E8EFCF · #AFD198
Palette 000000
#000000 · #0B60B0 · #40A2D8 · #F0EDCF

Similar colors

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

#EBEFD0#EDEDCE#E8EDD2#EAEDCD#E8EFCF#F0EDCF#EAEACF#F0EDD4#EAECCC#F0EBCE#EDF1D6#E8F2CF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECEED0  ·  #ECEED2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEED1?

#ECEED1 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 238, 209). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEED1?

#ECEED1 is RGB 236, 238, 209 — HSL 64°, 46%, 88% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 12%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECEED1?

Its complement is #D4D2EE; analogous partners are #EEE2D2 and #DFEED2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEED1 for text?

Black text on #ECEED1 has a contrast ratio of 17.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.