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#EAEC95 — Light Yellow

#EAEC95 is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #EAEC95 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.

#EAEC95 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #9493EC; it also sits naturally between #ECC193 and #BEEC93. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEC95 · RGB 234, 236, 149

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Color values

HEX#EAEC95
RGB234, 236, 149
HSL61°, 70%, 75%
HSV61°, 37%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 37%, 7%
XYZ69.35, 79.65, 40.15
Yxy79.65, 0.3666, 0.4211
CIE-Lab91.53, -13.35, 41.97
Hunter Lab89.25, -12.91, 32.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 58%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 37% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEC95 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEC95 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEC95

.text { color: #EAEC95; }
.background { background-color: #EAEC95; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEC95; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 149); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 70%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEC95; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 149, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEC95; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 149, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEC95">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEC95">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEC95

#E5E774#DFE156#D9DC38#C9CC24#ABAD1F#898B18#6B6C13#4D4E0E#2F3008#111103

Tints of #EAEC95

#ECED9B#EEEFA4#EFF0AD#F1F2B5#F3F4C2#F5F6CB#F7F7D4#F8F9DC#FAFAE5#FCFCEE

Tones of #EAEC95

#E4E599#DEDF9F#D8D9A6#D2D2AC#CCCCB3#C5C6B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9493EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEC95: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEC95

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 #EAEC95: ·

How #EAEC95 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBAADeuteranopia · #EBEBAFTritanopia · #EABBBE

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAEC95 rather than the exact color:

Hidden Ruby Monsoon
#2117B8 · #8076EE · #D8E324 · #EAEB96
Palette Ef9595
#EF9595 · #EFB495 · #EFD595 · #EBEF95
Palette 22213d
#22213D · #4E3188 · #24BABC · #EAEF9B
Palette Ff8f8f
#FF8F8F · #EEF296 · #9ADE7B · #508D69
Royal Ruby Voyage
#0E11B0 · #402DEE · #EDEA27 · #EFE692
Silent Ruby Terrace
#2F0C88 · #7357F0 · #C6F15A · #E2EF94

Similar colors

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

#EAEB96#EBEF95#EAEF9B#EEF296#EFE692#E2EF94#F1EF99#F1EB90#F1EB9A#EFF396#F0EB8D#E9E294

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEC94  ·  #EAEC96 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEC95?

#EAEC95 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 149). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEC95?

#EAEC95 is RGB 234, 236, 149 — HSL 61°, 70%, 75% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 37%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEC95?

Its complement is #9493EC; analogous partners are #ECC193 and #BEEC93. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEC95 for text?

Black text on #EAEC95 has a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.