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#EEEFD3 — Pale Muted Yellow

#EEEFD3 is a yellow color we call Pale Muted 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 #EEEFD3 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.

#EEEFD3 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 #D3D2EF; it also sits naturally between #EFE1D2 and #DFEFD2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEFD3 · RGB 238, 239, 211

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Color values

HEX#EEEFD3
RGB238, 239, 211
HSL62°, 47%, 88%
HSV62°, 12%, 94%
CMYK0%, 0%, 12%, 6%
XYZ77.88, 84.61, 73.86
Yxy84.61, 0.3295, 0.3580
CIE-Lab93.72, -5.03, 13.44
Hunter Lab91.99, -5.00, 12.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 94% · Blue 83%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEFD3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEFD3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEFD3

.text { color: #EEEFD3; }
.background { background-color: #EEEFD3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEFD3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 239, 211); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 47%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEFD3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 239, 211, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEFD3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 239, 211, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEFD3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEFD3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEFD3

#E2E4B4#D5D892#CACD74#BDC153#A9AC3E#8B8E33#6A6D27#4D4F1C#2C2D10#0F0F05

Tints of #EEEFD3

#EFF0D6#F1F1DA#F1F1DA#F2F3DD#F4F4E1#F5F6E5#F6F7E9#F6F7E9#F8F8EC#F9FAF0

Tones of #EEEFD3

#ECEDD4#EAEBD6#E8E9D8#E6E7DA#E4E4DC#E2E3DE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3D2EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEFD3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEFD3

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 #EEEFD3: ·

How #EEEFD3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEEDADeuteranopia · #EEEEDBTritanopia · #EEDFE0

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 #EEEFD3 rather than the exact color:

Palette F9fbe7
#F9FBE7 · #F0EDD4 · #ECCDB4 · #FEA1A1
Palette Edf1d6
#EDF1D6 · #9DC08B · #609966 · #40513B
Wild Ruby Breeze
#F2F0D4 · #D3CD64 · #D2CA32 · #A19B26
Palette Ebefd0
#EBEFD0 · #32DBC6 · #49BEB7 · #FF502F
Dreamy Ruby Horizon
#8BAE1F · #208FB3 · #DB32B2 · #EFF3D5
Palette 727d73
#727D73 · #AAB99A · #D0DDD0 · #F0F0D7

Similar colors

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

#F0EDD4#EDF1D6#F2F0D4#EBEFD0#EFF3D5#F0F0D7#F2EDD1#F0EDCF#EFECD7#F0EFD8#EDEDCE#F2EED7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEFD2  ·  #EEEFD4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEFD3?

#EEEFD3 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 239, 211). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEFD3?

#EEEFD3 is RGB 238, 239, 211 — HSL 62°, 47%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 12%, 6%.

What colors go with #EEEFD3?

Its complement is #D3D2EF; analogous partners are #EFE1D2 and #DFEFD2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEFD3 for text?

Black text on #EEEFD3 has a contrast ratio of 17.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.