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#EAEF93 — Light Yellow

#EAEF93 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 #EAEF93 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.

#EAEF93 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 #9995EF; it also sits naturally between #EFC695 and #BDEF95. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEF93 · RGB 234, 239, 147

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Color values

HEX#EAEF93
RGB234, 239, 147
HSL63°, 74%, 76%
HSV63°, 38%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 38%, 6%
XYZ70.06, 81.33, 39.61
Yxy81.33, 0.3668, 0.4258
CIE-Lab92.28, -15.05, 43.92
Hunter Lab90.18, -14.56, 33.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 58%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 38% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEF93 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEF93 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEF93

.text { color: #EAEF93; }
.background { background-color: #EAEF93; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEF93; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 239, 147); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 74%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEF93; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 239, 147, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEF93; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 239, 147, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEF93">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEF93">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEF93

#E5EA75#DFE656#D8E133#C8D11F#AAB11B#8C9216#6E7311#4C500C#2F3107#111203

Tints of #EAEF93

#ECF09D#EEF2A6#F0F3AF#F1F4B8#F3F6C1#F5F7CA#F6F8D3#F8FADC#FAFBE4#FCFCED

Tones of #EAEF93

#E5E89B#DFE2A1#D9DCA8#D3D5AE#CDCFB5#C8C9BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9995EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEF93: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEF93

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 #EAEF93: ·

How #EAEF93 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECA9Deuteranopia · #ECECAFTritanopia · #EABBBF

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 #EAEF93 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ef9595
#EF9595 · #EFB495 · #EFD595 · #EBEF95
Hidden Ruby Monsoon
#2117B8 · #8076EE · #D8E324 · #EAEB96
Palette Ff8f8f
#FF8F8F · #EEF296 · #9ADE7B · #508D69
Palette 211c6a
#211C6A · #59B4C3 · #74E291 · #EFF396
Palette 22213d
#22213D · #4E3188 · #24BABC · #EAEF9B
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:

#EBEF95#EAEB96#EEF296#EFF396#EAEF9B#E2EF94#F1EB90#F1EF99#F0EB8D#EFE692#F1EB9A#F2F597

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEF92  ·  #EAEF94 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEF93?

#EAEF93 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 239, 147). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEF93?

#EAEF93 is RGB 234, 239, 147 — HSL 63°, 74%, 76% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 38%, 6%.

What colors go with #EAEF93?

Its complement is #9995EF; analogous partners are #EFC695 and #BDEF95. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEF93 for text?

Black text on #EAEF93 has a contrast ratio of 17.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.