Palettes / Colors / #EEECE2

#EEECE2 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EEECE2 is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #EEECE2 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.

#EEECE2 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 #E2E4EE; it also sits naturally between #EEE6E2 and #EAEEE2. 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 93% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 5% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEECE2

.text { color: #EEECE2; }
.background { background-color: #EEECE2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEECE2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 236, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(50, 26%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEECE2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 236, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEECE2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 236, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEECE2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEECE2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEECE2

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2E4EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEECE2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEECE2

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 #EEECE2 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 a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEECE2 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

← #EEECE1  ·  #EEECE3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEECE2?

#EEECE2 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 236, 226). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEECE2?

#EEECE2 is RGB 238, 236, 226 — HSL 50°, 26%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 5%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEECE2?

Its complement is #E2E4EE; analogous partners are #EEE6E2 and #EAEEE2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEECE2 for text?

Black text on #EEECE2 has a contrast ratio of 17.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.