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#EAECAE — Light Yellow

#EAECAE 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 #EAECAE 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.

#EAECAE 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 #AEACEC; it also sits naturally between #ECCEAC and #CAECAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAECAE · RGB 234, 236, 174

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Color values

HEX#EAECAE
RGB234, 236, 174
HSL62°, 62%, 80%
HSV62°, 26%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 26%, 7%
XYZ71.57, 80.54, 51.82
Yxy80.54, 0.3509, 0.3949
CIE-Lab91.93, -10.32, 29.93
Hunter Lab89.74, -10.07, 24.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 68%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAECAE

.text { color: #EAECAE; }
.background { background-color: #EAECAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 62%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAECAE

#E1E48B#D9DD6E#D1D54D#C9CF30#A9AE29#898C21#6D701A#4C4E12#30320C#101104

Tints of #EAECAE

#ECEEB5#EDEFB9#EFF0C1#F0F1C5#F2F3CD#F4F5D6#F5F6DA#F7F8E2#F9F9E6#FBFBEE

Tones of #EAECAE

#E5E7B1#E1E2B6#DDDEBA#D9DABE#D5D5C3#D0D1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEACEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.11:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAECAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECAE

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 #EAECAE: ·

How #EAECAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBBDDeuteranopia · #EBEBC1Tritanopia · #EAC9CB

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 #EAECAE rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Palette 22177a
#22177A · #605EA1 · #8EA3A6 · #E6E9AF
Palette 3c6255
#3C6255 · #61876E · #A6BB8D · #EAE7B1

Similar colors

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

#E8EDAC#ECEDB0#ECE8AF#EEECB1#E6E9AF#EAE7B1#E8E7AB#E5EBB2#F0EAAC#EBE5AE#ECEBA7#EFECB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAECAD  ·  #EAECAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECAE?

#EAECAE is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 174). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECAE?

#EAECAE is RGB 234, 236, 174 — HSL 62°, 62%, 80% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 26%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAECAE?

Its complement is #AEACEC; analogous partners are #ECCEAC and #CAECAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECAE for text?

Black text on #EAECAE has a contrast ratio of 17.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.