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#E2EAAF — Light Yellow

#E2EAAF 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 #E2EAAF 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.

#E2EAAF 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 #B6AEEA; it also sits naturally between #EAD4AE and #C4EAAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2EAAF · RGB 226, 234, 175

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Color values

HEX#E2EAAF
RGB226, 234, 175
HSL68°, 58%, 80%
HSV68°, 25%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 25%, 8%
XYZ68.52, 78.11, 52.02
Yxy78.11, 0.3449, 0.3932
CIE-Lab90.83, -12.13, 27.84
Hunter Lab88.38, -11.73, 23.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 69%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2EAAF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2EAAF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2EAAF

.text { color: #E2EAAF; }
.background { background-color: #E2EAAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2EAAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 234, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 58%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2EAAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 234, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2EAAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 234, 175, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2EAAF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2EAAF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2EAAF

#D6E18E#CCDA72#C0D152#B6C936#99A92D#7C8924#626D1D#454D14#2C300D#0F1004

Tints of #E2EAAF

#E5ECB6#E6EDBB#E9EFC3#EAF0C7#EDF2CF#F0F4D7#F2F5DB#F5F8E3#F6F9E7#F9FBEF

Tones of #E2EAAF

#DFE6B3#DBE1B7#D8DDBB#D5D9BF#D2D5C3#CFD0C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B6AEEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2EAAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2EAAF

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 #E2EAAF: ·

How #E2EAAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E6BDDeuteranopia · #E5E4C1Tritanopia · #E2C9CB

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 #E2EAAF rather than the exact color:

Palette 22177a
#22177A · #605EA1 · #8EA3A6 · #E6E9AF
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Palette 332d56
#332D56 · #4E6688 · #71C0BB · #E3EEB2
Rustic Cascade
#939F21 · #2ABDCC · #C829B9 · #E3E6B3
Palette Fbf6e9
#FBF6E9 · #E3F0AF · #5DB996 · #118B50
Burning Ruby Cinder
#3D1F94 · #5150DA · #9AC128 · #DCE7AD

Similar colors

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

#E6E9AF#E5EBB2#E3EEB2#E3E6B3#E3F0AF#DCE7AD#E8EDAC#E8E7AB#E4F1AC#EAE7B1#E0E5B6#DFE7B7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2EAAE  ·  #E2EAB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2EAAF?

#E2EAAF is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 226, 234, 175). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2EAAF?

#E2EAAF is RGB 226, 234, 175 — HSL 68°, 58%, 80% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 25%, 8%.

What colors go with #E2EAAF?

Its complement is #B6AEEA; analogous partners are #EAD4AE and #C4EAAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2EAAF for text?

Black text on #E2EAAF has a contrast ratio of 16.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.