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#E2EAAC — Light Yellow

#E2EAAC 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 #E2EAAC 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.

#E2EAAC 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 #B6ADEB; it also sits naturally between #EBD4AD and #C4EBAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2EAAC · RGB 226, 234, 172

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Color values

HEX#E2EAAC
RGB226, 234, 172
HSL68°, 60%, 80%
HSV68°, 26%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 26%, 8%
XYZ68.23, 77.99, 50.49
Yxy77.99, 0.3469, 0.3965
CIE-Lab90.78, -12.54, 29.30
Hunter Lab88.31, -12.11, 24.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2EAAC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2EAAC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2EAAC

.text { color: #E2EAAC; }
.background { background-color: #E2EAAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2EAAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 234, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 60%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2EAAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 234, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2EAAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 234, 172, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2EAAC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2EAAC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2EAAC

#D7E28D#CDDB70#C2D350#B8CC33#9AAB2B#7D8B23#636E1C#464E13#2C310C#0F1004

Tints of #E2EAAC

#E5EDB6#E7EEBA#EAF0C2#EBF1C6#EEF3CE#F1F5D6#F2F6DA#F5F8E2#F6F9E7#F9FBEF

Tones of #E2EAAC

#DFE6B2#DCE2B6#D9DDBB#D6D9BF#D2D5C3#CFD1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B6ADEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2EAAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2EAAC

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 #E2EAAC: ·

How #E2EAAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E6BBDeuteranopia · #E5E4BFTritanopia · #E2C7C9

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 #E2EAAC rather than the exact color:

Palette 22177a
#22177A · #605EA1 · #8EA3A6 · #E6E9AF
Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Burning Ruby Cinder
#3D1F94 · #5150DA · #9AC128 · #DCE7AD
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Palette C30e59
#C30E59 · #E82561 · #F2AE66 · #E8E7AB
Palette Fbf6e9
#FBF6E9 · #E3F0AF · #5DB996 · #118B50

Similar colors

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

#E6E9AF#E8EDAC#DCE7AD#E5EBB2#E8E7AB#E3F0AF#E3EEB2#E4F1AC#E3E6B3#E3F3AC#E7F0A6#EAE7B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2EAAB  ·  #E2EAAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2EAAC?

#E2EAAC is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 234, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2EAAC?

#E2EAAC is RGB 226, 234, 172 — HSL 68°, 60%, 80% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 26%, 8%.

What colors go with #E2EAAC?

Its complement is #B6ADEB; analogous partners are #EBD4AD and #C4EBAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2EAAC for text?

Black text on #E2EAAC has a contrast ratio of 16.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.