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#EEEFCB — Pale Muted Yellow

#EEEFCB 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 #EEEFCB 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.

#EEEFCB 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 #CDCCEF; it also sits naturally between #EFDFCC and #DDEFCC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEFCB · RGB 238, 239, 203

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Color values

HEX#EEEFCB
RGB238, 239, 203
HSL62°, 53%, 87%
HSV62°, 15%, 94%
CMYK0%, 0%, 15%, 6%
XYZ76.91, 84.22, 68.70
Yxy84.22, 0.3346, 0.3665
CIE-Lab93.55, -6.27, 17.33
Hunter Lab91.77, -6.21, 15.43

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 94% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 15% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEEFCB

.text { color: #EEEFCB; }
.background { background-color: #EEEFCB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEFCB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 239, 203); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 53%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEFCB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 239, 203, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEFCB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 239, 203, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEEFCB

#E4E6AD#D8DB8A#CED16B#C4C84C#AFB337#8D902C#6F7123#505219#2E2F0E#0F1005

Tints of #EEEFCB

#F0F1D0#F1F2D4#F2F3D8#F3F4DC#F5F5E0#F5F5E0#F6F7E4#F7F8E8#F9F9EB#FAFAEF

Tones of #EEEFCB

#ECEDCF#EAEAD1#E7E8D4#E5E5D6#E2E3D9#E0E1DB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDCCEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEFCB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEFCB

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 #EEEFCB: ·

How #EEEFCB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEED4Deuteranopia · #EEEED6Tritanopia · #EEDBDC

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 #EEEFCB rather than the exact color:

Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette 121435
#121435 · #FAF9F0 · #EDEBCA · #FF5722
Crimson Ruby Summit
#F1F2C9 · #DEE27E · #BBC12E · #494C10
Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette 000000
#000000 · #0B60B0 · #40A2D8 · #F0EDCF
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A

Similar colors

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

#EDEDCE#EDEBCA#F1F2C9#EAEDCD#F0EDCF#EAECCC#F3F0CA#F0EBCE#E9EDC9#EBEFD0#F0F4C8#F3F1CE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEFCA  ·  #EEEFCC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEFCB?

#EEEFCB is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 239, 203). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEFCB?

#EEEFCB is RGB 238, 239, 203 — HSL 62°, 53%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 15%, 6%.

What colors go with #EEEFCB?

Its complement is #CDCCEF; analogous partners are #EFDFCC and #DDEFCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEFCB for text?

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