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#EAEFAD — Light Yellow

#EAEFAD 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 #EAEFAD 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.

#EAEFAD 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 #B3AEEF; it also sits naturally between #EFD4AE and #C9EFAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEFAD · RGB 234, 239, 173

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Color values

HEX#EAEFAD
RGB234, 239, 173
HSL65°, 67%, 81%
HSV65°, 28%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 28%, 6%
XYZ72.34, 82.24, 51.60
Yxy82.24, 0.3509, 0.3989
CIE-Lab92.68, -11.94, 31.46
Hunter Lab90.69, -11.65, 25.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 68%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 28% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEFAD

.text { color: #EAEFAD; }
.background { background-color: #EAEFAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEFAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 239, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 67%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEFAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 239, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEFAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 239, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEFAD

#E1E88C#D9E26E#D0DC4C#C7D52A#ABB724#8B951D#6B7317#4C5110#30330A#101103

Tints of #EAEFAD

#ECF1B7#EDF2BB#EFF3C3#F0F4C8#F3F6D0#F4F7D4#F6F8DD#F7F9E1#F9FBEA#FAFCEE

Tones of #EAEFAD

#E6EAB3#E2E6B7#DEE1BC#DADDC0#D6D8C5#D3D3CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3AEEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEFAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEFAD

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 #EAEFAD: ·

How #EAEFAD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECBDDeuteranopia · #ECECC1Tritanopia · #EACACC

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 #EAEFAD rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Palette F72c5b
#F72C5B · #FF748B · #A7D477 · #E4F1AC
Palette Fbf6e9
#FBF6E9 · #E3F0AF · #5DB996 · #118B50
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA

Similar colors

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

#E8EDAC#ECEDB0#EEECB1#E4F1AC#E3F0AF#ECEBA7#E6E9AF#ECE8AF#E7F0A6#F0EAAC#E5EBB2#E3F3AC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEFAC  ·  #EAEFAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEFAD?

#EAEFAD is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 239, 173). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEFAD?

#EAEFAD is RGB 234, 239, 173 — HSL 65°, 67%, 81% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 28%, 6%.

What colors go with #EAEFAD?

Its complement is #B3AEEF; analogous partners are #EFD4AE and #C9EFAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEFAD for text?

Black text on #EAEFAD has a contrast ratio of 17.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.