Palettes / Colors / #EEF1DA

#EEF1DA — Pale Muted Yellow

#EEF1DA 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 #EEF1DA 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.

#EEF1DA 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 #DDDAF1; it also sits naturally between #F1E9DA and #E2F1DA. 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 95% · Blue 85%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 10% · Key 5%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEF1DA

.text { color: #EEF1DA; }
.background { background-color: #EEF1DA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEF1DA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 241, 218); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 45%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEF1DA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 241, 218, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEF1DA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 241, 218, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEF1DA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEF1DA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #DDDAF1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEF1DA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEF1DA

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:

How #EEF1DA 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 a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEF1DA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEF1D9  ·  #EEF1DB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEF1DA?

#EEF1DA is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 241, 218). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEF1DA?

#EEF1DA is RGB 238, 241, 218 — HSL 68°, 45%, 90% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 10%, 5%.

What colors go with #EEF1DA?

Its complement is #DDDAF1; analogous partners are #F1E9DA and #E2F1DA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEF1DA for text?

Black text on #EEF1DA has a contrast ratio of 18.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.