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#EEECAC — Light Yellow

#EEECAC 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 #EEECAC 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.

#EEECAC 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 #AAADEE; it also sits naturally between #EECAAA and #CEEEAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEECAC · RGB 238, 236, 172

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Color values

HEX#EEECAC
RGB238, 236, 172
HSL58°, 66%, 80%
HSV58°, 28%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 28%, 7%
XYZ72.70, 81.15, 50.86
Yxy81.15, 0.3551, 0.3964
CIE-Lab92.20, -9.10, 31.37
Hunter Lab90.08, -8.91, 25.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 28% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEECAC

.text { color: #EEECAC; }
.background { background-color: #EEECAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEECAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 236, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 66%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEECAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 236, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEECAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 236, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEECAC

#E7E488#E1DD6B#DAD549#D4CE2B#B2AD24#908C1D#726F17#504E10#33310A#111003

Tints of #EEECAC

#EFEDB3#F0EEB7#F2F0C0#F3F1C4#F5F3CC#F6F5D5#F7F6D9#F9F8E1#FAF9E6#FCFBEE

Tones of #EEECAC

#E9E7AF#E4E2B4#DFDEB9#DAD9BE#D6D5C2#D1D0C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AAADEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEECAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEECAC

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 #EEECAC: ·

How #EEECAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDBBDeuteranopia · #EDEDBFTritanopia · #EEC8CA

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 #EEECAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff8a8a
#FF8A8A · #F4DEB3 · #F0EAAC · #CCE0AC
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC

Similar colors

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

#F0EAAC#ECEDB0#EEECB1#ECE8AF#ECEBA7#E8EDAC#F4EBAB#F4EEA9#EBE5AE#E8E7AB#EFECB4#EAE7B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEECAB  ·  #EEECAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEECAC?

#EEECAC is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 236, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEECAC?

#EEECAC is RGB 238, 236, 172 — HSL 58°, 66%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 28%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEECAC?

Its complement is #AAADEE; analogous partners are #EECAAA and #CEEEAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEECAC for text?

Black text on #EEECAC has a contrast ratio of 17.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.