Palettes / Colors / #EEDBAA

#EEDBAA — Light Yellow

#EEDBAA is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EEDBAA 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.

#EEDBAA 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 #AABDEE; it also sits naturally between #EEB9AA and #DFEEAA. 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 93% · Green 86% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 29% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEDBAA

.text { color: #EEDBAA; }
.background { background-color: #EEDBAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDBAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 219, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDBAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 219, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDBAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 219, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEDBAA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AABDEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEDBAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEDBAA

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 #EEDBAA 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 #EEDBAA 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

← #EEDBA9  ·  #EEDBAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDBAA?

#EEDBAA is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 219, 170). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDBAA?

#EEDBAA is RGB 238, 219, 170 — HSL 43°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 29%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEDBAA?

Its complement is #AABDEE; analogous partners are #EEB9AA and #DFEEAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDBAA for text?

Black text on #EEDBAA has a contrast ratio of 15.35:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.37:1.