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#F3F4E2 — Pale Muted Yellow

#F3F4E2 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 #F3F4E2 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.

#F3F4E2 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 #E2E1F4; it also sits naturally between #F4ECE1 and #EAF4E1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F3F4E2 · RGB 243, 244, 226

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Color values

HEX#F3F4E2
RGB243, 244, 226
HSL63°, 45%, 92%
HSV63°, 7%, 96%
CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 4%
XYZ83.04, 89.25, 84.80
Yxy89.25, 0.3230, 0.3471
CIE-Lab95.68, -3.40, 8.55
Hunter Lab94.47, -3.43, 8.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 96% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 7% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F3F4E2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F3F4E2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F3F4E2

.text { color: #F3F4E2; }
.background { background-color: #F3F4E2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F3F4E2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(243, 244, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 45%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F3F4E2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(243, 244, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F3F4E2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(243, 244, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F3F4E2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F3F4E2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F3F4E2

#E5E7C0#D8DB9F#CBCF81#BEC360#ACB143#8C9037#6B6F2A#4F511F#2F3012#0E0F06

Tints of #F3F4E2

#F3F4E1#F4F5E5#F4F5E5#F6F7E9#F6F7E9#F6F7E9#F7F8ED#F7F8ED#F9F9F0#F9F9F0

Tones of #F3F4E2

#F2F3E3#F0F1E4#EFF0E5#EEEEE7#EDEDE8#ECECE9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2E1F4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #F3F4E2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F3F4E2

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 #F3F4E2: ·

How #F3F4E2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F3F3E6Deuteranopia · #F3F3E7Tritanopia · #F3EAEB

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 #F3F4E2 rather than the exact color:

Palette F3f3e0
#F3F3E0 · #133E87 · #608BC1 · #CBDCEB
Palette F1f3e0
#F1F3E0 · #D2DCB6 · #A1BC98 · #778873
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB
Palette F4f0e4
#F4F0E4 · #44A194 · #537D96 · #EC8F8D
Palette A1ccd1
#A1CCD1 · #F4F2DE · #E9B384 · #7C9D96
Palette 3e3f29
#3E3F29 · #7D8D86 · #BCA88D · #F1F0E4

Similar colors

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

#F3F3E0#F1F3E0#F4F4DF#F4F0E4#F4F2DE#F1F0E4#F8F4E1#F8F3E1#F7F6E5#F8F6E3#F5EFE1#F5EFE3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F3F4E1  ·  #F3F4E3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F3F4E2?

#F3F4E2 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 243, 244, 226). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F3F4E2?

#F3F4E2 is RGB 243, 244, 226 — HSL 63°, 45%, 92% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 7%, 4%.

What colors go with #F3F4E2?

Its complement is #E2E1F4; analogous partners are #F4ECE1 and #EAF4E1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F3F4E2 for text?

Black text on #F3F4E2 has a contrast ratio of 18.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.