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#EAEFA5 — Light Yellow

#EAEFA5 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 #EAEFA5 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.

#EAEFA5 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 #A9A4EF; it also sits naturally between #EFCEA4 and #C4EFA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEFA5 · RGB 234, 239, 165

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Color values

HEX#EAEFA5
RGB234, 239, 165
HSL64°, 70%, 79%
HSV64°, 31%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 31%, 6%
XYZ71.59, 81.94, 47.64
Yxy81.94, 0.3559, 0.4073
CIE-Lab92.55, -12.96, 35.32
Hunter Lab90.52, -12.61, 28.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 65%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEFA5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEFA5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEFA5

.text { color: #EAEFA5; }
.background { background-color: #EAEFA5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEFA5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 239, 165); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 70%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEFA5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 239, 165, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEFA5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 239, 165, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEFA5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEFA5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEFA5

#E3EA86#DBE363#D4DE45#C9D425#ACB620#8B931A#6F7515#4E520F#313409#101103

Tints of #EAEFA5

#ECF0AD#EDF1B1#EFF3BA#F1F4C2#F3F6CB#F4F7CF#F6F8D8#F8FAE1#F9FAE5#FBFCEE

Tones of #EAEFA5

#E5EAA9#E1E4AF#DCDFB4#D7DAB9#D3D4BF#CECFC4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9A4EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEFA5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEFA5

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 #EAEFA5: ·

How #EAEFA5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECB7Deuteranopia · #ECECBBTritanopia · #EAC5C8

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAEFA5 rather than the exact color:

Royal Cascade
#2D13C1 · #6637EB · #BEDB16 · #E7F0A6
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Gentle Garden
#1136C9 · #5E86F1 · #EFCC41 · #F2F0A6
Palette F2f1a7
#F2F1A7 · #EF5959 · #B43144 · #88A9F7
Palette F72c5b
#F72C5B · #FF748B · #A7D477 · #E4F1AC

Similar colors

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

#E7F0A6#ECEBA7#E8EDAC#F2F0A6#F2F1A7#E4F1AC#F1F5A8#EAEF9B#E8E7AB#F0EAAC#E3F3AC#F4EEA9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEFA4  ·  #EAEFA6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEFA5?

#EAEFA5 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 239, 165). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEFA5?

#EAEFA5 is RGB 234, 239, 165 — HSL 64°, 70%, 79% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 31%, 6%.

What colors go with #EAEFA5?

Its complement is #A9A4EF; analogous partners are #EFCEA4 and #C4EFA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEFA5 for text?

Black text on #EAEFA5 has a contrast ratio of 17.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.