Palettes / Colors / #EDECDA

#EDECDA — Pale Muted Yellow

#EDECDA is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

#EDECDA 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 #D9DAED; it also sits naturally between #EDE2D9 and #E4EDD9. 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 85%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 8% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EDECDA

.text { color: #EDECDA; }
.background { background-color: #EDECDA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDECDA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 236, 218); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 35%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDECDA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 236, 218, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDECDA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 236, 218, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EDECDA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D9DAED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EDECDA: #000000.

How #EDECDA 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 #EDECDA 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

← #EDECD9  ·  #EDECDB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDECDA?

#EDECDA is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 237, 236, 218). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDECDA?

#EDECDA is RGB 237, 236, 218 — HSL 57°, 35%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 8%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDECDA?

Its complement is #D9DAED; analogous partners are #EDE2D9 and #E4EDD9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDECDA for text?

Black text on #EDECDA has a contrast ratio of 17.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.