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#EEDEAA — Light Yellow

#EEDEAA 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 #EEDEAA 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.

#EEDEAA 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 #AABAEE; it also sits naturally between #EEBCAA and #DCEEAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEDEAA · RGB 238, 222, 170

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Color values

HEX#EEDEAA
RGB238, 222, 170
HSL46°, 67%, 80%
HSV46°, 29%, 93%
CMYK0%, 7%, 29%, 7%
XYZ68.64, 73.32, 48.57
Yxy73.32, 0.3603, 0.3848
CIE-Lab88.60, -2.28, 27.54
Hunter Lab85.63, -2.23, 22.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEDEAA

.text { color: #EEDEAA; }
.background { background-color: #EEDEAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDEAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 222, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDEAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 222, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDEAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 222, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEDEAA

#E7D188#E2C66A#DBB948#D5AD2A#B39123#91761D#735D17#514210#332A0A#110E03

Tints of #EEDEAA

#F0E2B2#F1E3B7#F2E6BF#F3E8C3#F5EBCC#F7EFD4#F7F0D9#F9F4E1#FAF5E5#FCF8EE

Tones of #EEDEAA

#E9DCAF#E4D9B4#DFD6B9#DBD4BD#D6D1C2#D1CFC7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AABAEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEDEAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEDEAA

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 #EEDEAA: ·

How #EEDEAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7B7Deuteranopia · #E8E9BATritanopia · #EDC1C3

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 #EEDEAA rather than the exact color:

Palette 443627
#443627 · #D98324 · #EFDCAB · #F2F6D0
Palette 7ed7c1
#7ED7C1 · #F0DBAF · #DC8686 · #B06161
Palette 2e2910
#2E2910 · #2C5745 · #EBE3A7 · #EB7D00
Mellow Ruby Orchard
#939017 · #4AE3DE · #DA33DF · #E8E2AA
Dreamy Ember
#9416B1 · #E4288E · #ED7A6D · #F4E0A5
Palette F9c0ab
#F9C0AB · #F4E0AF · #A8CD89 · #355F2E

Similar colors

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

#EFDCAB#F0DBAF#EBE3A7#E8E2AA#F4E0A5#F4E0AF#EFDDB2#EADAB0#F0DCA2#F6DCAC#EBE5AE#E7DEAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEDEA9  ·  #EEDEAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDEAA?

#EEDEAA is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 222, 170). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDEAA?

#EEDEAA is RGB 238, 222, 170 — HSL 46°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 29%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEDEAA?

Its complement is #AABAEE; analogous partners are #EEBCAA and #DCEEAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDEAA for text?

Black text on #EEDEAA has a contrast ratio of 15.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.