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#EEDEAE — Light Yellow

#EEDEAE 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 #EEDEAE 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.

#EEDEAE 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 #AFBFEE; it also sits naturally between #EEBFAF and #DEEEAF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEDEAE · RGB 238, 222, 174

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Color values

HEX#EEDEAE
RGB238, 222, 174
HSL45°, 65%, 81%
HSV45°, 27%, 93%
CMYK0%, 7%, 27%, 7%
XYZ69.02, 73.48, 50.59
Yxy73.48, 0.3575, 0.3805
CIE-Lab88.67, -1.76, 25.57
Hunter Lab85.72, -1.72, 21.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 27% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEDEAE

.text { color: #EEDEAE; }
.background { background-color: #EEDEAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDEAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 222, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(45, 65%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDEAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 222, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDEAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 222, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEDEAE

#E7D18D#E1C470#DAB74E#D2A92D#B59126#93761F#725B18#504011#32290B#110E04

Tints of #EEDEAE

#F0E2B7#F1E3BC#F3E7C4#F3E9C8#F5ECD1#F6EED5#F8F1DD#F9F3E2#FBF6EA#FBF8EE

Tones of #EEDEAE

#EADCB3#E5DAB8#E0D8BD#DCD5C1#D8D3C5#D3D1CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFBFEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEDEAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEDEAE

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 #EEDEAE: ·

How #EEDEAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7BADeuteranopia · #E8E9BCTritanopia · #EDC3C5

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 #EEDEAE rather than the exact color:

Palette 443627
#443627 · #D98324 · #EFDCAB · #F2F6D0
Palette 7ed7c1
#7ED7C1 · #F0DBAF · #DC8686 · #B06161
Palette 288fb4
#288FB4 · #1D556F · #EFDDB2 · #FA360A
Palette 87805e
#87805E · #B09B71 · #D8CCA3 · #EDDFB3
Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0
Palette F6f0f0
#F6F0F0 · #F2E2B1 · #D5C7A3 · #BDB395

Similar colors

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

#EFDCAB#F0DBAF#EFDDB2#EDDFB3#EADAB0#F2E2B1#F4E0AF#EEE4B1#E7DEAF#EADFB4#EBE5AE#EFE1B5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEDEAD  ·  #EEDEAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDEAE?

#EEDEAE is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 222, 174). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDEAE?

#EEDEAE is RGB 238, 222, 174 — HSL 45°, 65%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 27%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEDEAE?

Its complement is #AFBFEE; analogous partners are #EEBFAF and #DEEEAF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDEAE for text?

Black text on #EEDEAE has a contrast ratio of 15.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.