Palettes / Colors / #EFEEDA

#EFEEDA — Pale Muted Yellow

#EFEEDA 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 #EFEEDA 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.

#EFEEDA 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 #DBDCF0; it also sits naturally between #F0E4DB and #E7F0DB. 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 94% · Green 93% · Blue 85%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 6%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EFEEDA

.text { color: #EFEEDA; }
.background { background-color: #EFEEDA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEEDA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 238, 218); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 40%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEEDA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 238, 218, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEEDA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 238, 218, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EFEEDA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #DBDCF0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EFEEDA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEEDA

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 #EFEEDA 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 #EFEEDA 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

← #EFEED9  ·  #EFEEDB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEEDA?

#EFEEDA is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 238, 218). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEEDA?

#EFEEDA is RGB 239, 238, 218 — HSL 57°, 40%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 9%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEEDA?

Its complement is #DBDCF0; analogous partners are #F0E4DB and #E7F0DB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEEDA for text?

Black text on #EFEEDA has a contrast ratio of 17.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.