Palettes / Colors / #ECEED6

#ECEED6 — Pale Muted Yellow

#ECEED6 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 #ECEED6 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.

#ECEED6 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 #D9D7EE; it also sits naturally between #EEE5D7 and #E1EED7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 84%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 10% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECEED6

.text { color: #ECEED6; }
.background { background-color: #ECEED6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEED6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 238, 214); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 41%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEED6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 238, 214, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEED6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 238, 214, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECEED6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECEED6">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D9D7EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECEED6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEED6

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:

How #ECEED6 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECEED6 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECEED5  ·  #ECEED7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEED6?

#ECEED6 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 238, 214). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEED6?

#ECEED6 is RGB 236, 238, 214 — HSL 65°, 41%, 89% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 10%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECEED6?

Its complement is #D9D7EE; analogous partners are #EEE5D7 and #E1EED7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEED6 for text?

Black text on #ECEED6 has a contrast ratio of 17.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.