Palettes / Colors / #EAEDAD

#EAEDAD — Light Yellow

#EAEDAD 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 #EAEDAD 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.

#EAEDAD 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 #AFABED; it also sits naturally between #EDCFAB and #C9EDAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 68%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 27% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EAEDAD

.text { color: #EAEDAD; }
.background { background-color: #EAEDAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEDAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 237, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 64%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEDAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 237, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEDAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 237, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEDAD

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFABED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAEDAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEDAD

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:

How #EAEDAD looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEDAC  ·  #EAEDAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEDAD?

#EAEDAD is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 237, 173). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEDAD?

#EAEDAD is RGB 234, 237, 173 — HSL 63°, 64%, 80% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 27%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEDAD?

Its complement is #AFABED; analogous partners are #EDCFAB and #C9EDAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEDAD for text?

Black text on #EAEDAD has a contrast ratio of 17.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.