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#EEECC3 — Pale Yellow

#EEECC3 is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color Bisque (#FFE4C4). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: bisque (#FFE4C4) — not an exact match. CSS bisque gives you #FFE4C4, a different color; use #EEECC3 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.

#EEECC3 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 #C3C5EE; it also sits naturally between #EED7C3 and #DBEEC3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEECC3 · RGB 238, 236, 195

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Color values

HEX#EEECC3
RGB238, 236, 195
HSL57°, 56%, 85%
HSV57°, 18%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 18%, 7%
XYZ75.11, 82.11, 63.52
Yxy82.11, 0.3403, 0.3720
CIE-Lab92.62, -5.95, 20.17
Hunter Lab90.61, -5.87, 17.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 18% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEECC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEECC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEECC3

.text { color: #EEECC3; }
.background { background-color: #EEECC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEECC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 236, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 56%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEECC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 236, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEECC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 236, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEECC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEECC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEECC3

#E5E2A4#DCD884#D3CE64#CAC444#B3AD32#8F8A28#6F6B1F#504D16#302E0D#100F04

Tints of #EEECC3

#EFEDC7#F0EFCB#F2F0CF#F3F1D3#F5F4DB#F6F5DF#F7F6E3#F8F7E7#F9F9EB#FBFAEF

Tones of #EEECC3

#EBE9C6#E8E7C9#E5E4CD#E2E1D0#DFDED3#DCDCD6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3C5EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEECC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEECC3

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 #EEECC3: ·

How #EEECC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDCDDeuteranopia · #EDEDCFTritanopia · #EED5D6

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 #EEECC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette F1ecc3
#F1ECC3 · #C9D8B6 · #57837B · #515E63
Palette 346739
#346739 · #79AE6F · #9FCB98 · #F2EDC2
Frozen Solace
#F0F0C2 · #BEEABA · #D3F6F0 · #B2C0EA
Lucky Ruby Aurora
#9B7819 · #43E1B6 · #BC53E3 · #F0EAC7
Palette E8505b
#E8505B · #F9D56E · #F3ECC2 · #14B1AB
Smoky Ruby Mirage
#827E19 · #24B9B4 · #D131D7 · #E8ECC4

Similar colors

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

#F1ECC3#F2EDC2#F0F0C2#F0EAC7#F3ECC2#E8ECC4#F2ECBE#F2E8C6#F3EDC8#EDEBCA#EAF2C3#EBE5C2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEECC2  ·  #EEECC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEECC3?

#EEECC3 is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 236, 195). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEECC3?

#EEECC3 is RGB 238, 236, 195 — HSL 57°, 56%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 18%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEECC3?

Its complement is #C3C5EE; analogous partners are #EED7C3 and #DBEEC3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEECC3 for text?

Black text on #EEECC3 has a contrast ratio of 17.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.