Palettes / Colors / #EEE6CA

#EEE6CA — Pale Muted Yellow

#EEE6CA 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 #EEE6CA 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.

#EEE6CA 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 #C9D1EE; it also sits naturally between #EED3C9 and #E3EEC9. 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 90% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 15% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEE6CA

.text { color: #EEE6CA; }
.background { background-color: #EEE6CA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEE6CA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 230, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 51%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEE6CA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 230, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEE6CA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 230, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEE6CA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEE6CA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C9D1EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEE6CA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEE6CA

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:

How #EEE6CA 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 #EEE6CA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEE6CA 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

← #EEE6C9  ·  #EEE6CB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEE6CA?

#EEE6CA is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 230, 202). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEE6CA?

#EEE6CA is RGB 238, 230, 202 — HSL 47°, 51%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 15%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEE6CA?

Its complement is #C9D1EE; analogous partners are #EED3C9 and #E3EEC9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEE6CA for text?

Black text on #EEE6CA has a contrast ratio of 16.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.