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#EEEAAB — Light Yellow

#EEEAAB 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 #EEEAAB 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.

#EEEAAB 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 #AAAFEE; it also sits naturally between #EEC8AA and #D0EEAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEAAB · RGB 238, 234, 171

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Color values

HEX#EEEAAB
RGB238, 234, 171
HSL56°, 66%, 80%
HSV56°, 28%, 93%
CMYK0%, 2%, 28%, 7%
XYZ72.03, 79.96, 50.17
Yxy79.96, 0.3563, 0.3955
CIE-Lab91.67, -8.22, 31.16
Hunter Lab89.42, -8.05, 25.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 28% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEEAAB

.text { color: #EEEAAB; }
.background { background-color: #EEEAAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEAAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 234, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 66%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEAAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 234, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEAAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 234, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEEAAB

#E7E088#E1D96B#DAD049#D4C82B#B2A824#90881D#726C17#504C10#33300A#111003

Tints of #EEEAAB

#EFEBB3#F0ECB7#F2EFC0#F3F0C4#F5F2CC#F6F4D5#F7F5D9#F9F7E1#FAF8E6#FCFBEE

Tones of #EEEAAB

#E9E5AF#E4E1B4#DFDDB9#DAD8BE#D6D4C2#D1D0C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AAAFEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEAAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEAAB

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 #EEEAAB: ·

How #EEEAAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECBADeuteranopia · #EDEDBETritanopia · #EEC6C9

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 #EEEAAB rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff8a8a
#FF8A8A · #F4DEB3 · #F0EAAC · #CCE0AC
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049
Amber Bloom
#B6660D · #F8C11F · #E9CD5C · #F4EBAB
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1

Similar colors

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

#F0EAAC#ECEBA7#ECE8AF#F4EBAB#ECEDB0#EEECB1#EBE5AE#E8E7AB#E8EDAC#F4EEA9#EAE7B1#F2E6B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEAAA  ·  #EEEAAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEAAB?

#EEEAAB is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 234, 171). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEAAB?

#EEEAAB is RGB 238, 234, 171 — HSL 56°, 66%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 28%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEAAB?

Its complement is #AAAFEE; analogous partners are #EEC8AA and #D0EEAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEAAB for text?

Black text on #EEEAAB has a contrast ratio of 16.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.