Palettes / Colors / #EEF3BD

#EEF3BD — Pale Yellow

#EEF3BD 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 #EEF3BD 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.

#EEF3BD 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 #C4BEF3; it also sits naturally between #F3DEBE and #D3F3BE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

Copy HEX Copy RGB Copy HSL Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 95% · Blue 74%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 22% · Key 5%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEF3BD

.text { color: #EEF3BD; }
.background { background-color: #EEF3BD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEF3BD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 243, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 69%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEF3BD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 243, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEF3BD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 243, 189, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEF3BD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEF3BD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEF3BD

Tints of #EEF3BD

Tones of #EEF3BD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C4BEF3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEF3BD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEF3BD

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:

How #EEF3BD 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 #EEF3BD 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

← #EEF3BC  ·  #EEF3BE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEF3BD?

#EEF3BD is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 243, 189). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEF3BD?

#EEF3BD is RGB 238, 243, 189 — HSL 66°, 69%, 85% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 22%, 5%.

What colors go with #EEF3BD?

Its complement is #C4BEF3; analogous partners are #F3DEBE and #D3F3BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEF3BD for text?

Black text on #EEF3BD has a contrast ratio of 18.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.