Palettes / Colors / #EDEBE4

#EDEBE4 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EDEBE4 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 #EDEBE4 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.

#EDEBE4 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 #E3E5ED; it also sits naturally between #EDE6E3 and #EAEDE3. 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 92% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 4% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EDEBE4

.text { color: #EDEBE4; }
.background { background-color: #EDEBE4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDEBE4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 235, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 20%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDEBE4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 235, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDEBE4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 235, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDEBE4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDEBE4">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3E5ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EDEBE4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDEBE4

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 #EDEBE4 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 #EDEBE4 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

← #EDEBE3  ·  #EDEBE5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDEBE4?

#EDEBE4 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 237, 235, 228). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDEBE4?

#EDEBE4 is RGB 237, 235, 228 — HSL 47°, 20%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 4%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDEBE4?

Its complement is #E3E5ED; analogous partners are #EDE6E3 and #EAEDE3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDEBE4 for text?

Black text on #EDEBE4 has a contrast ratio of 17.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.