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#EEECB3 — Pale Yellow

#EEECB3 is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #EEECB3 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.

#EEECB3 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 #B4B6EE; it also sits naturally between #EECFB4 and #D3EEB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEECB3 · RGB 238, 236, 179

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Color values

HEX#EEECB3
RGB238, 236, 179
HSL58°, 63%, 82%
HSV58°, 25%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 25%, 7%
XYZ73.39, 81.42, 54.50
Yxy81.42, 0.3506, 0.3890
CIE-Lab92.32, -8.18, 27.96
Hunter Lab90.23, -8.03, 23.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 25% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEECB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEECB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEECB3

.text { color: #EEECB3; }
.background { background-color: #EEECB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEECB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 236, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 63%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEECB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 236, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEECB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 236, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEECB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEECB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEECB3

#E6E493#DFDB72#D8D455#D1CC33#B3AE29#918E21#706D19#535113#32310B#111004

Tints of #EEECB3

#EFEDB8#F1EFC1#F2F0C5#F4F2CD#F5F3D1#F6F4D5#F7F7DE#F8F8E2#FAFAEA#FBFBEE

Tones of #EEECB3

#EAE8B8#E6E4BC#E2E1C1#DDDDC5#D9D9C9#D5D5CD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4B6EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEECB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEECB3

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 #EEECB3: ·

How #EEECB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDC1Deuteranopia · #EDEDC4Tritanopia · #EECCCE

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 #EEECB3 rather than the exact color:

Dreamy Petal
#1A2EAF · #7468E8 · #CCB51E · #EFECB4
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Palette 744577
#744577 · #F0E9B6 · #ACCFA3 · #84C5B1
Radiant Ruby Drift
#944E0B · #D68A3C · #E1AA55 · #F1E8B5
Palette A3a7e4
#A3A7E4 · #BAE2BE · #F0F1B3 · #C5E5E3

Similar colors

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

#EFECB4#EEECB1#ECEDB0#F0E9B6#F1E8B5#F0F1B3#ECE8AF#EAE7B1#F2E6B1#F0EAAC#F2F2B0#EFEDBB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEECB2  ·  #EEECB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEECB3?

#EEECB3 is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 236, 179). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEECB3?

#EEECB3 is RGB 238, 236, 179 — HSL 58°, 63%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 25%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEECB3?

Its complement is #B4B6EE; analogous partners are #EECFB4 and #D3EEB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEECB3 for text?

Black text on #EEECB3 has a contrast ratio of 17.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.