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#EEDFB2 — Pale Yellow

#EEDFB2 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 #EEDFB2 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.

#EEDFB2 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 #B4C2EE; it also sits naturally between #EEC2B4 and #E0EEB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEDFB2 · RGB 238, 223, 178

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Color values

HEX#EEDFB2
RGB238, 223, 178
HSL45°, 64%, 82%
HSV45°, 25%, 93%
CMYK0%, 6%, 25%, 7%
XYZ69.68, 74.17, 52.76
Yxy74.17, 0.3544, 0.3772
CIE-Lab89.00, -1.74, 23.95
Hunter Lab86.12, -1.71, 20.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 25% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEDFB2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEDFB2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEDFB2

.text { color: #EEDFB2; }
.background { background-color: #EEDFB2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDFB2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 223, 178); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(45, 64%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDFB2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 223, 178, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDFB2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 223, 178, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEDFB2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEDFB2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEDFB2

#E7D292#E0C471#D9B854#D2AA32#B49127#927620#715B19#544312#32280B#110D04

Tints of #EEDFB2

#EFE2B8#F1E5C0#F2E7C4#F4EACD#F5ECD1#F6EED5#F8F1DE#F9F3E2#FAF6EA#FBF8EE

Tones of #EEDFB2

#EADEB8#E6DCBC#E2DAC0#DDD7C5#D9D5C9#D5D3CD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4C2EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEDFB2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEDFB2

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 #EEDFB2: ·

How #EEDFB2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E7BDDeuteranopia · #E8EAC0Tritanopia · #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 #EEDFB2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 87805e
#87805E · #B09B71 · #D8CCA3 · #EDDFB3
Palette 288fb4
#288FB4 · #1D556F · #EFDDB2 · #FA360A
Palette 5dd3b6
#5DD3B6 · #6E5034 · #CDB885 · #EFE1B5
Palette 3c552d
#3C552D · #CA7373 · #D7B26D · #EEE2B5
Palette Eadfb4
#EADFB4 · #9BB0C1 · #51829B · #F6995C
Palette F6f0f0
#F6F0F0 · #F2E2B1 · #D5C7A3 · #BDB395

Similar colors

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

#EDDFB3#EFDDB2#EFE1B5#EEE2B5#EADFB4#F2E2B1#EEE4B1#F0DBAF#ECDDB7#EBDEB7#F4DEB3#E8DDB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEDFB1  ·  #EEDFB3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDFB2?

#EEDFB2 is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 223, 178). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDFB2?

#EEDFB2 is RGB 238, 223, 178 — HSL 45°, 64%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 25%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEDFB2?

Its complement is #B4C2EE; analogous partners are #EEC2B4 and #E0EEB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDFB2 for text?

Black text on #EEDFB2 has a contrast ratio of 15.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.