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#EEEEC3 — Pale Yellow

#EEEEC3 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 #EEEEC3 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.

#EEEEC3 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 #C3C3EE; it also sits naturally between #EED9C3 and #D9EEC3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEEC3 · RGB 238, 238, 195

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Color values

HEX#EEEEC3
RGB238, 238, 195
HSL60°, 56%, 85%
HSV60°, 18%, 93%
CMYK0%, 0%, 18%, 7%
XYZ75.68, 83.27, 63.71
Yxy83.27, 0.3399, 0.3740
CIE-Lab93.13, -6.95, 20.87
Hunter Lab91.25, -6.87, 18.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 76%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEEC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEEC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEEC3

.text { color: #EEEEC3; }
.background { background-color: #EEEEC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEEC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 238, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 56%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEEC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 238, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEEC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 238, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEEC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEEC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEEC3

#E5E5A4#DCDC84#D3D364#CACA44#B3B332#8F8F28#6F6F1F#505016#30300D#101004

Tints of #EEEEC3

#EFEFC7#F0F0CB#F2F2CF#F3F3D3#F5F5DB#F6F6DF#F7F7E3#F8F8E7#F9F9EB#FBFBEF

Tones of #EEEEC3

#EBEBC6#E8E8C9#E5E5CD#E2E2D0#DFDFD3#DCDCD6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3C3EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.65:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEEC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEEC3

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 #EEEEC3: ·

How #EEEEC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEECDDeuteranopia · #EEEED0Tritanopia · #EED6D7

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 #EEEEC3 rather than the exact color:

Frozen Solace
#F0F0C2 · #BEEABA · #D3F6F0 · #B2C0EA
Palette F1ecc3
#F1ECC3 · #C9D8B6 · #57837B · #515E63
Palette 346739
#346739 · #79AE6F · #9FCB98 · #F2EDC2
Palette E8505b
#E8505B · #F9D56E · #F3ECC2 · #14B1AB
Tranquil Ruby Saffron
#551CC0 · #8442E3 · #B6E75A · #EAF2C3
Palette A1d6b2
#A1D6B2 · #CEDF9F · #F1F3C2 · #E8B86D

Similar colors

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

#F0F0C2#F1ECC3#F2EDC2#F3ECC2#EAF2C3#F1F3C2#F0EAC7#EDF4C2#E8ECC4#F2ECBE#F3EDC8#F5F0C4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEEC2  ·  #EEEEC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEEC3?

#EEEEC3 is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 238, 195). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEEC3?

#EEEEC3 is RGB 238, 238, 195 — HSL 60°, 56%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 18%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEEC3?

Its complement is #C3C3EE; analogous partners are #EED9C3 and #D9EEC3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEEC3 for text?

Black text on #EEEEC3 has a contrast ratio of 17.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.