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#EAEAAA — Light Yellow

#EAEAAA 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 #EAEAAA 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.

#EAEAAA 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 #A9A9EA; it also sits naturally between #EAC9A9 and #C9EAA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEAAA · RGB 234, 234, 170

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Color values

HEX#EAEAAA
RGB234, 234, 170
HSL60°, 60%, 79%
HSV60°, 27%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 27%, 8%
XYZ70.61, 79.24, 49.60
Yxy79.24, 0.3540, 0.3973
CIE-Lab91.34, -9.84, 31.18
Hunter Lab89.02, -9.59, 25.37

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEAAA

.text { color: #EAEAAA; }
.background { background-color: #EAEAAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEAAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 234, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 60%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEAAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 234, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEAAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 234, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEAAA

#E2E28D#DADA6C#D3D350#C8C832#ABAB2B#8B8B23#6E6E1C#4E4E13#31310C#101004

Tints of #EAEAAA

#ECECB1#EDEDB6#EFEFBE#F1F1C6#F3F3CE#F4F4D2#F6F6DA#F8F8E2#F9F9E7#FBFBEF

Tones of #EAEAAA

#E5E5AE#E0E0B2#DCDCB7#D7D7BC#D3D3C0#CECEC5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9A9EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEAAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEAAA

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 #EAEAAA: ·

How #EAEAAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAB9Deuteranopia · #EAEABDTritanopia · #EAC6C8

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 #EAEAAA rather than the exact color:

Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Palette C30e59
#C30E59 · #E82561 · #F2AE66 · #E8E7AB
Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049
Palette Ff8a8a
#FF8A8A · #F4DEB3 · #F0EAAC · #CCE0AC
Smoky Terrace
#C72E07 · #D7B013 · #F3DC66 · #EBE5AE

Similar colors

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

#ECEBA7#E8E7AB#E8EDAC#ECE8AF#F0EAAC#EBE5AE#E6E9AF#ECEDB0#EAE7B1#EBE3A7#E7F0A6#E8E2AA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEAA9  ·  #EAEAAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEAAA?

#EAEAAA is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 234, 170). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEAAA?

#EAEAAA is RGB 234, 234, 170 — HSL 60°, 60%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEAAA?

Its complement is #A9A9EA; analogous partners are #EAC9A9 and #C9EAA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEAAA for text?

Black text on #EAEAAA has a contrast ratio of 16.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.