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#EEDFCC — Pale Muted Brown

#EEDFCC is a brown color we call Pale Muted Brown, closest to the named color Bisque (#FFE4C4). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: bisque (#FFE4C4) — not an exact match. CSS bisque gives you #FFE4C4, a different color; use #EEDFCC 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.

#EEDFCC is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CDDCEE; it also sits naturally between #EECFCD and #ECEECD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEDFCC · RGB 238, 223, 204

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Color values

HEX#EEDFCC
RGB238, 223, 204
HSL34°, 50%, 87%
HSV34°, 14%, 93%
CMYK0%, 6%, 14%, 7%
XYZ72.55, 75.31, 67.84
Yxy75.31, 0.3363, 0.3492
CIE-Lab89.54, 2.03, 11.14
Hunter Lab86.78, 2.02, 10.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 14% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEDFCC

.text { color: #EEDFCC; }
.background { background-color: #EEDFCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDFCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 223, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(34, 50%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDFCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 223, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDFCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 223, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEDFCC

#E4CDAF#D9B88C#CFA56E#C4924F#B07D3B#8E652F#6F4F25#50391B#2E210F#0F0B05

Tints of #EEDFCC

#F0E2D1#F1E5D5#F2E7D9#F4EADD#F5ECE0#F5ECE0#F6EEE4#F7F1E8#F9F3EC#FAF5F0

Tones of #EEDFCC

#ECE0D0#EADFD2#E7DFD4#E5DFD7#E2DED9#E0DEDC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDDCEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.31:1 Fails
Against black text16.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEDFCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEDFCC

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 #EEDFCC: ·

How #EEDFCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E7D1Deuteranopia · #E8EAD2Tritanopia · #EDD4D5

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 #EEDFCC rather than the exact color:

Palette 607456
#607456 · #EEE0CC · #BA6A4C · #7B2525
Palette 181c14
#181C14 · #3C3D37 · #697565 · #ECDFCC
Palette 1e201e
#1E201E · #3C3D37 · #697565 · #ECDFCC
Palette A5b68d
#A5B68D · #ECDFCC · #FCFAEE · #DA8359
Palette 96b6c5
#96B6C5 · #ADC4CE · #EEE0C9 · #F1F0E8
Royal Lagoon
#2C5888 · #547AC8 · #AE7638 · #EBDECE

Similar colors

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

#EEE0CC#ECDFCC#EEE0C9#EBDECE#EEE3CB#EBE2CC#F1DEC9#ECDFC8#EFE3CA#ECE3CE#F0E3CA#EAE0CF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEDFCB  ·  #EEDFCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDFCC?

#EEDFCC is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 238, 223, 204). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDFCC?

#EEDFCC is RGB 238, 223, 204 — HSL 34°, 50%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 14%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEDFCC?

Its complement is #CDDCEE; analogous partners are #EECFCD and #ECEECD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDFCC for text?

Black text on #EEDFCC has a contrast ratio of 16.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.