Palettes / Colors / #EEEDE1

#EEEDE1 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EEEDE1 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 #EEEDE1 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.

#EEEDE1 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 #E2E3EE; it also sits naturally between #EEE7E2 and #E9EEE2. 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 88%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEEDE1

.text { color: #EEEDE1; }
.background { background-color: #EEEDE1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEDE1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 237, 225); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 28%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEDE1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 237, 225, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEDE1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 237, 225, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEDE1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEDE1">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2E3EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEEDE1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEDE1

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 #EEEDE1 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 #EEEDE1 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

← #EEEDE0  ·  #EEEDE2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEDE1?

#EEEDE1 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 237, 225). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEDE1?

#EEEDE1 is RGB 238, 237, 225 — HSL 55°, 28%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 5%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEDE1?

Its complement is #E2E3EE; analogous partners are #EEE7E2 and #E9EEE2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEDE1 for text?

Black text on #EEEDE1 has a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.