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#E4EAAF — Light Yellow

#E4EAAF 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 #E4EAAF 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.

#E4EAAF 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 #B4AEEA; it also sits naturally between #EAD2AE and #C6EAAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4EAAF · RGB 228, 234, 175

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Color values

HEX#E4EAAF
RGB228, 234, 175
HSL66°, 58%, 80%
HSV66°, 25%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 25%, 8%
XYZ69.16, 78.43, 52.05
Yxy78.43, 0.3464, 0.3929
CIE-Lab90.98, -11.40, 28.06
Hunter Lab88.56, -11.05, 23.19

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 #E4EAAF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4EAAF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4EAAF

.text { color: #E4EAAF; }
.background { background-color: #E4EAAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4EAAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 234, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 58%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4EAAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 234, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4EAAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 234, 175, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4EAAF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4EAAF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4EAAF

#D9E18E#CFDA72#C4D152#BBC936#9DA92D#7F8924#656D1D#474D14#2D300D#0F1004

Tints of #E4EAAF

#E6ECB6#E8EDBB#EAEFC3#ECF0C7#EFF2CF#F1F4D7#F3F5DB#F5F8E3#F7F9E7#FAFBEF

Tones of #E4EAAF

#E0E6B3#DDE1B7#D9DDBB#D6D9BF#D3D5C3#CFD0C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4AEEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4EAAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4EAAF

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 #E4EAAF: ·

How #E4EAAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7BDDeuteranopia · #E6E6C1Tritanopia · #E4C9CB

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 #E4EAAF 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
Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
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#E5EBB2#E3EEB2#E3E6B3#E8EDAC#E3F0AF#E8E7AB#EAE7B1#E4F1AC#ECE8AF#ECEDB0#EBE5AE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4EAAE  ·  #E4EAB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4EAAF?

#E4EAAF is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 228, 234, 175). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4EAAF?

#E4EAAF is RGB 228, 234, 175 — HSL 66°, 58%, 80% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 25%, 8%.

What colors go with #E4EAAF?

Its complement is #B4AEEA; analogous partners are #EAD2AE and #C6EAAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4EAAF for text?

Black text on #E4EAAF has a contrast ratio of 16.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.