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#EDEFCA — Pale Muted Yellow

#EDEFCA is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color BlanchedAlmond (#FFEBCD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blanchedalmond (#FFEBCD) — not an exact match. CSS blanchedalmond gives you #FFEBCD, a different color; use #EDEFCA 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.

#EDEFCA 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 #CAC8EF; it also sits naturally between #EFDDC8 and #D9EFC8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDEFCA · RGB 237, 239, 202

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Color values

HEX#EDEFCA
RGB237, 239, 202
HSL63°, 54%, 86%
HSV63°, 15%, 94%
CMYK1%, 0%, 15%, 6%
XYZ76.45, 84.00, 68.06
Yxy84.00, 0.3346, 0.3676
CIE-Lab93.45, -6.77, 17.70
Hunter Lab91.65, -6.71, 15.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 94% · Blue 79%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EDEFCA

.text { color: #EDEFCA; }
.background { background-color: #EDEFCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDEFCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 239, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 54%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDEFCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 239, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDEFCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 239, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EDEFCA

#E2E5A9#D8DC89#CCD166#C1C846#ABB135#8C912B#6E7222#4C4F17#2D2F0E#0F1005

Tints of #EDEFCA

#EEF0CC#EFF1D0#F1F2D4#F2F3D8#F3F4DC#F5F6E0#F6F7E4#F7F8E7#F8F9EB#FAFAEF

Tones of #EDEFCA

#EAECCB#E8E9CD#E5E6D0#E3E4D3#E0E1D6#DEDED8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAC8EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDEFCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDEFCA

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 #EDEFCA: ·

How #EDEFCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEED3Deuteranopia · #EEEED5Tritanopia · #EDDADC

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 #EDEFCA rather than the exact color:

Palette 121435
#121435 · #FAF9F0 · #EDEBCA · #FF5722
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD
Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Crimson Ruby Summit
#F1F2C9 · #DEE27E · #BBC12E · #494C10

Similar colors

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

#EDEBCA#EDEDCE#E9EDC9#EAEDCD#EAECCC#F1F2C9#F3F0CA#F0F4C8#F0EDCF#EBEFD0#F0EBCE#F0EAC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDEFC9  ·  #EDEFCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDEFCA?

#EDEFCA is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 237, 239, 202). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDEFCA?

#EDEFCA is RGB 237, 239, 202 — HSL 63°, 54%, 86% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 15%, 6%.

What colors go with #EDEFCA?

Its complement is #CAC8EF; analogous partners are #EFDDC8 and #D9EFC8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDEFCA for text?

Black text on #EDEFCA has a contrast ratio of 17.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.