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#EAEFAF — Light Yellow

#EAEFAF 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 #EAEFAF 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.

#EAEFAF 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.

#EAEFAF · RGB 234, 239, 175

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Color values

HEX#EAEFAF
RGB234, 239, 175
HSL65°, 67%, 81%
HSV65°, 27%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 27%, 6%
XYZ72.54, 82.32, 52.62
Yxy82.32, 0.3496, 0.3968
CIE-Lab92.72, -11.68, 30.49
Hunter Lab90.73, -11.41, 25.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 69%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 27% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEFAF

.text { color: #EAEFAF; }
.background { background-color: #EAEFAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEFAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 239, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 67%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEFAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 239, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEFAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 239, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEFAF

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

Tints of #EAEFAF

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

Tones of #EAEFAF

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3AEEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.46:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEFAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEFAF

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 #EAEFAF: ·

How #EAEFAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECBEDeuteranopia · #ECECC2Tritanopia · #EACBCD

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 #EAEFAF rather than the exact color:

Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Palette F72c5b
#F72C5B · #FF748B · #A7D477 · #E4F1AC
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Palette Fbf6e9
#FBF6E9 · #E3F0AF · #5DB996 · #118B50

Similar colors

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

#ECEDB0#E8EDAC#EEECB1#E4F1AC#E5EBB2#E3F0AF#E6E9AF#ECE8AF#F0F1B3#EFECB4#E3EEB2#EAE7B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEFAE  ·  #EAEFB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEFAF?

#EAEFAF is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 239, 175). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEFAF?

#EAEFAF is RGB 234, 239, 175 — HSL 65°, 67%, 81% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 27%, 6%.

What colors go with #EAEFAF?

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

Can I use #EAEFAF for text?

Black text on #EAEFAF has a contrast ratio of 17.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.