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#EEEFD0 — Pale Muted Yellow

#EEEFD0 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 #EEEFD0 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.

#EEEFD0 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 #D2D1EF; it also sits naturally between #EFE1D1 and #DFEFD1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEFD0 · RGB 238, 239, 208

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Color values

HEX#EEEFD0
RGB238, 239, 208
HSL62°, 49%, 88%
HSV62°, 13%, 94%
CMYK0%, 0%, 13%, 6%
XYZ77.51, 84.46, 71.89
Yxy84.46, 0.3314, 0.3612
CIE-Lab93.65, -5.50, 14.90
Hunter Lab91.90, -5.46, 13.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 94% · Blue 82%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 13% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEFD0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEFD0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEFD0

.text { color: #EEEFD0; }
.background { background-color: #EEEFD0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEFD0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 239, 208); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 49%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEFD0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 239, 208, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEFD0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 239, 208, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEFD0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEFD0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEFD0

#E3E5B3#D7D991#CCCF72#BFC350#ABAF3C#8D9031#6C6E26#4E501B#2D2E10#0F0F05

Tints of #EEEFD0

#F0F1D5#F1F2D9#F1F2D9#F3F3DD#F4F5E1#F5F6E4#F7F7E8#F7F7E8#F8F8EC#F9FAF0

Tones of #EEEFD0

#ECEDD4#EAEBD6#E8E9D8#E6E7DA#E4E5DC#E2E3DE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D2D1EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEFD0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEFD0

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 #EEEFD0: ·

How #EEEFD0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEED8Deuteranopia · #EEEED9Tritanopia · #EEDDDF

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 #EEEFD0 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette Ebefd0
#EBEFD0 · #32DBC6 · #49BEB7 · #FF502F
Palette 000000
#000000 · #0B60B0 · #40A2D8 · #F0EDCF
Palette F2edd1
#F2EDD1 · #F9CB99 · #689B8A · #280A3E
Palette 395144
#395144 · #4E6C50 · #AA8B56 · #F0EBCE
Palette F9fbe7
#F9FBE7 · #F0EDD4 · #ECCDB4 · #FEA1A1

Similar colors

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

#EDEDCE#EBEFD0#F0EDCF#F2EDD1#F0EBCE#F0EDD4#EAEDCD#F2F0D4#F3F1CE#E8EFCF#EFF5D2#EDF1D6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEFCF  ·  #EEEFD1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEFD0?

#EEEFD0 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 239, 208). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEFD0?

#EEEFD0 is RGB 238, 239, 208 — HSL 62°, 49%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 13%, 6%.

What colors go with #EEEFD0?

Its complement is #D2D1EF; analogous partners are #EFE1D1 and #DFEFD1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEFD0 for text?

Black text on #EEEFD0 has a contrast ratio of 17.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.