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#E2EAAB — Light Yellow

#E2EAAB is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #E2EAAB 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.

#E2EAAB 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 #B2A9EA; it also sits naturally between #EAD2A9 and #C1EAA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2EAAB · RGB 226, 234, 171

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Color values

HEX#E2EAAB
RGB226, 234, 171
HSL68°, 60%, 79%
HSV68°, 27%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 27%, 8%
XYZ68.14, 77.95, 49.98
Yxy77.95, 0.3475, 0.3976
CIE-Lab90.76, -12.68, 29.78
Hunter Lab88.29, -12.23, 24.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 27% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2EAAB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2EAAB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2EAAB

.text { color: #E2EAAB; }
.background { background-color: #E2EAAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2EAAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 234, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 60%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2EAAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 234, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2EAAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 234, 171, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2EAAB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2EAAB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2EAAB

#D7E28D#CCDA6C#C2D350#B4C832#9AAB2B#7D8B23#636E1C#464E13#2C310C#0F1004

Tints of #E2EAAB

#E4ECB1#E5EDB6#E8EFBE#EBF1C6#EEF3CE#EFF4D2#F2F6DA#F5F8E2#F6F9E7#F9FBEF

Tones of #E2EAAB

#DDE5AE#DAE0B2#D7DCB7#D4D7BC#D0D3C0#CDCEC5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B2A9EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2EAAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2EAAB

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 #E2EAAB: ·

How #E2EAAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E6BADeuteranopia · #E5E4BETritanopia · #E2C6C9

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 #E2EAAB rather than the exact color:

Palette 22177a
#22177A · #605EA1 · #8EA3A6 · #E6E9AF
Palette C30e59
#C30E59 · #E82561 · #F2AE66 · #E8E7AB
Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Burning Ruby Cinder
#3D1F94 · #5150DA · #9AC128 · #DCE7AD
Palette Fbf6e9
#FBF6E9 · #E3F0AF · #5DB996 · #118B50
Palette F72c5b
#F72C5B · #FF748B · #A7D477 · #E4F1AC

Similar colors

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

#E6E9AF#E8E7AB#E8EDAC#DCE7AD#E3F0AF#E4F1AC#E5EBB2#E3EEB2#E3E6B3#E3F3AC#E7F0A6#E8E2AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2EAAA  ·  #E2EAAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2EAAB?

#E2EAAB is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 234, 171). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2EAAB?

#E2EAAB is RGB 226, 234, 171 — HSL 68°, 60%, 79% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #E2EAAB?

Its complement is #B2A9EA; analogous partners are #EAD2A9 and #C1EAA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2EAAB for text?

Black text on #E2EAAB has a contrast ratio of 16.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.