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#EEDEB2 — Pale Yellow

#EEDEB2 is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EEDEB2 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.

#EEDEB2 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 #B4C3EE; it also sits naturally between #EEC1B4 and #E1EEB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEDEB2 · RGB 238, 222, 178

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Color values

HEX#EEDEB2
RGB238, 222, 178
HSL44°, 64%, 82%
HSV44°, 25%, 93%
CMYK0%, 7%, 25%, 7%
XYZ69.42, 73.63, 52.67
Yxy73.63, 0.3547, 0.3762
CIE-Lab88.75, -1.23, 23.60
Hunter Lab85.81, -1.20, 19.73

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 25% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEDEB2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEDEB2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEDEB2

.text { color: #EEDEB2; }
.background { background-color: #EEDEB2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDEB2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 222, 178); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 64%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDEB2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 222, 178, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDEB2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 222, 178, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEDEB2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEDEB2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEDEB2

#E7D192#E0C271#D9B654#D2A732#B48E27#927420#715919#544212#32280B#110D04

Tints of #EEDEB2

#EFE1B8#F1E4C0#F2E6C4#F4EACD#F5EBD1#F6EDD5#F8F1DE#F9F2E2#FAF6EA#FBF8EE

Tones of #EEDEB2

#EADDB8#E6DBBC#E2D9C0#DDD7C5#D9D5C9#D5D3CD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4C3EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.73:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEDEB2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEDEB2

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 #EEDEB2: ·

How #EEDEB2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7BDDeuteranopia · #E8E9BFTritanopia · #EDC5C7

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 #EEDEB2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 288fb4
#288FB4 · #1D556F · #EFDDB2 · #FA360A
Palette 87805e
#87805E · #B09B71 · #D8CCA3 · #EDDFB3
Palette 5dd3b6
#5DD3B6 · #6E5034 · #CDB885 · #EFE1B5
Palette Eadfb4
#EADFB4 · #9BB0C1 · #51829B · #F6995C
Palette 7ed7c1
#7ED7C1 · #F0DBAF · #DC8686 · #B06161
Palette 3c552d
#3C552D · #CA7373 · #D7B26D · #EEE2B5

Similar colors

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

#EFDDB2#EDDFB3#EFE1B5#EADFB4#F0DBAF#EEE2B5#ECDDB7#F2E2B1#EBDEB7#EADAB0#EEE4B1#F4DEB3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEDEB1  ·  #EEDEB3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDEB2?

#EEDEB2 is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 222, 178). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDEB2?

#EEDEB2 is RGB 238, 222, 178 — HSL 44°, 64%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 25%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEDEB2?

Its complement is #B4C3EE; analogous partners are #EEC1B4 and #E1EEB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDEB2 for text?

Black text on #EEDEB2 has a contrast ratio of 15.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.