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#EEEE93 — Light Yellow

#EEEE93 is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #EEEE93 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.

#EEEE93 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #9191EE; it also sits naturally between #EEBF91 and #BFEE91. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEE93 · RGB 238, 238, 147

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Color values

HEX#EEEE93
RGB238, 238, 147
HSL60°, 73%, 75%
HSV60°, 38%, 93%
CMYK0%, 0%, 38%, 7%
XYZ71.10, 81.43, 39.57
Yxy81.43, 0.3701, 0.4239
CIE-Lab92.32, -13.03, 44.04
Hunter Lab90.24, -12.66, 33.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 58%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 38% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEE93 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEE93 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEE93

.text { color: #EEEE93; }
.background { background-color: #EEEE93; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEE93; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 238, 147); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 73%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEE93; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 238, 147, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEE93; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 238, 147, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEE93">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEE93">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEE93

#E9E972#E4E453#DFDF34#CFCF20#B0B01C#8D8D16#6E6E11#4F4F0C#313108#121203

Tints of #EEEE93

#EFEF9A#F1F1A2#F2F2AB#F3F3B4#F5F5C1#F7F7CA#F8F8D3#F9F9DC#FBFBE5#FCFCED

Tones of #EEEE93

#E7E797#E0E09E#DADAA4#D3D3AB#CDCDB2#C6C6B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9191EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEE93: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEE93

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 #EEEE93: ·

How #EEEE93 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEEA9Deuteranopia · #EEEEAETritanopia · #EEBABE

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEEE93 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ef9595
#EF9595 · #EFB495 · #EFD595 · #EBEF95
Palette Ff8f8f
#FF8F8F · #EEF296 · #9ADE7B · #508D69
Palette Ec8f5e
#EC8F5E · #F3B664 · #F1EB90 · #9FBB73
Hidden Ruby Monsoon
#2117B8 · #8076EE · #D8E324 · #EAEB96
Palette 211c6a
#211C6A · #59B4C3 · #74E291 · #EFF396
Palette B0c5a4
#B0C5A4 · #D37676 · #EBC49F · #F1EF99

Similar colors

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

#EBEF95#EEF296#F1EB90#EAEB96#EFF396#F1EF99#F0EB8D#EFE692#F1EB9A#F6F193#EAEF9B#F2F597

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEE92  ·  #EEEE94 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEE93?

#EEEE93 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 238, 147). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEE93?

#EEEE93 is RGB 238, 238, 147 — HSL 60°, 73%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 38%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEE93?

Its complement is #9191EE; analogous partners are #EEBF91 and #BFEE91. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEE93 for text?

Black text on #EEEE93 has a contrast ratio of 17.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.