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#EEECD4 — Pale Muted Yellow

#EEECD4 is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color AntiqueWhite (#FAEBD7). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: antiquewhite (#FAEBD7) — not an exact match. CSS antiquewhite gives you #FAEBD7, a different color; use #EEECD4 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.

#EEECD4 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 #D3D5EE; it also sits naturally between #EEDED3 and #E3EED3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEECD4 · RGB 238, 236, 212

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Color values

HEX#EEECD4
RGB238, 236, 212
HSL55°, 43%, 88%
HSV55°, 11%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 11%, 7%
XYZ77.14, 82.92, 74.23
Yxy82.92, 0.3292, 0.3539
CIE-Lab92.98, -3.35, 11.88
Hunter Lab91.06, -3.34, 10.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 83%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 11% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEECD4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEECD4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEECD4

.text { color: #EEECD4; }
.background { background-color: #EEECD4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEECD4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 236, 212); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 43%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEECD4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 236, 212, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEECD4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 236, 212, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEECD4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEECD4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEECD4

#E2DEB6#D5D095#C9C278#BCB457#A89F43#8B8437#6A642A#4D491F#2C2A11#0F0E06

Tints of #EEECD4

#EFEDD7#F0EFDB#F0EFDB#F2F0DE#F3F2E2#F5F4E5#F6F5E9#F6F5E9#F8F7ED#F9F8F0

Tones of #EEECD4

#ECEAD5#EAE8D7#E8E7D9#E6E5DB#E4E3DD#E2E2DF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3D5EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEECD4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEECD4

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 #EEECD4: ·

How #EEECD4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDDADeuteranopia · #EDEDDBTritanopia · #EEDEDF

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 #EEECD4 rather than the exact color:

Palette F9fbe7
#F9FBE7 · #F0EDD4 · #ECCDB4 · #FEA1A1
Serene Ruby
#E11A45 · #E3AFC9 · #EFECD7 · #EDC92C
Palette 27445d
#27445D · #497D74 · #71BBB2 · #EFE9D5
Ruby Twilight
#6D0808 · #2D0000 · #757D6F · #EEEAD7
Palette 181d31
#181D31 · #678983 · #E6DDC4 · #F0E9D2
Palette F0e9d2
#F0E9D2 · #E6DDC4 · #678983 · #181D31

Similar colors

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

#F0EDD4#EFECD7#EFE9D5#EEEAD7#F0E9D2#F2EAD3#EFEAD8#F0E8D6#F2EDD1#F0EFD8#F0F0D7#F2EED7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEECD3  ·  #EEECD5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEECD4?

#EEECD4 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 236, 212). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEECD4?

#EEECD4 is RGB 238, 236, 212 — HSL 55°, 43%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 11%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEECD4?

Its complement is #D3D5EE; analogous partners are #EEDED3 and #E3EED3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEECD4 for text?

Black text on #EEECD4 has a contrast ratio of 17.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.