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#F4EFE2 — Pale Muted Yellow

#F4EFE2 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 #F4EFE2 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.

#F4EFE2 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 #E1E7F4; it also sits naturally between #F4E5E1 and #F0F4E1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4EFE2 · RGB 244, 239, 226

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Color values

HEX#F4EFE2
RGB244, 239, 226
HSL43°, 45%, 92%
HSV43°, 7%, 96%
CMYK0%, 2%, 7%, 4%
XYZ81.90, 86.46, 84.32
Yxy86.46, 0.3241, 0.3422
CIE-Lab94.51, -0.53, 6.87
Hunter Lab92.98, -0.53, 6.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 94% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 7% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4EFE2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4EFE2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4EFE2

.text { color: #F4EFE2; }
.background { background-color: #F4EFE2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4EFE2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 239, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 45%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4EFE2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 239, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4EFE2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 239, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4EFE2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4EFE2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4EFE2

#E7DCC0#DBCA9F#CFB981#C3A760#B19243#907737#6F5B2A#51431F#302812#0F0C06

Tints of #F4EFE2

#F4EFE1#F5F1E5#F5F1E5#F7F3E9#F7F3E9#F7F3E9#F8F5ED#F8F5ED#F9F7F0#F9F7F0

Tones of #F4EFE2

#F3EEE3#F1EDE4#F0EDE5#EEECE7#EDECE8#ECEBE9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E1E7F4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4EFE2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4EFE2

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 #F4EFE2: ·

How #F4EFE2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F2E5Deuteranopia · #F2F3E6Tritanopia · #F4E8E8

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 #F4EFE2 rather than the exact color:

Velvet Ruby
#790D16 · #E5D3AF · #F5EFE1 · #AEC4D4
Ruby Tempest
#F5EFE3 · #4F5B2A · #B8892D · #D8C9A8
Palette F5efe3
#F5EFE3 · #E6E7E5 · #F7D3BA · #A6AA9C
Palette F4f0e4
#F4F0E4 · #44A194 · #537D96 · #EC8F8D
Palette 393646
#393646 · #4F4557 · #6D5D6E · #F4EEE0
Palette B4b4b8
#B4B4B8 · #C7C8CC · #E3E1D9 · #F2EFE5

Similar colors

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

#F5EFE1#F5EFE3#F4F0E4#F4EEE0#F2EFE5#F1F0E4#F2EEE5#F5EFE6#F5EEE6#F7EFE5#F8EDE3#F5EBE0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4EFE1  ·  #F4EFE3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4EFE2?

#F4EFE2 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 244, 239, 226). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4EFE2?

#F4EFE2 is RGB 244, 239, 226 — HSL 43°, 45%, 92% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 7%, 4%.

What colors go with #F4EFE2?

Its complement is #E1E7F4; analogous partners are #F4E5E1 and #F0F4E1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4EFE2 for text?

Black text on #F4EFE2 has a contrast ratio of 18.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.