Palettes / Colors / #EEE9BA

#EEE9BA — Pale Yellow

#EEE9BA is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

#EEE9BA 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 #BABFEE; it also sits naturally between #EECEBA and #D9EEBA. 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 91% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 22% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEE9BA

.text { color: #EEE9BA; }
.background { background-color: #EEE9BA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEE9BA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 233, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 60%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEE9BA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 233, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEE9BA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 233, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEE9BA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEE9BA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BABFEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEE9BA: #000000.

How #EEE9BA 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 #EEE9BA 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

← #EEE9B9  ·  #EEE9BB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEE9BA?

#EEE9BA is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 233, 186). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEE9BA?

#EEE9BA is RGB 238, 233, 186 — HSL 54°, 60%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 22%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEE9BA?

Its complement is #BABFEE; analogous partners are #EECEBA and #D9EEBA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEE9BA for text?

Black text on #EEE9BA has a contrast ratio of 17.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.