Palettes / Colors / #EEEEDE

#EEEEDE — Pale Muted Yellow

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

#EEEEDE 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 #DDDDEE; it also sits naturally between #EEE6DD and #E6EEDD. 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 87%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEEEDE

.text { color: #EEEEDE; }
.background { background-color: #EEEEDE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEEDE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 238, 222); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 32%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEEDE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 238, 222, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEEDE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 238, 222, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEEEDE

Tints of #EEEEDE

Tones of #EEEEDE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DDDDEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEEEDE: #000000.

How #EEEEDE 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 #EEEEDE or a close neighbour

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEEDD  ·  #EEEEDF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEEDE?

#EEEEDE is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 238, 222). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEEDE?

#EEEEDE is RGB 238, 238, 222 — HSL 60°, 32%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 7%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEEDE?

Its complement is #DDDDEE; analogous partners are #EEE6DD and #E6EEDD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEEDE for text?

Black text on #EEEEDE has a contrast ratio of 17.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.