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#EEF7CC — Pale Green

#EEF7CC is a green color we call Pale Green, closest to the named color LemonChiffon (#FFFACD). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lemonchiffon (#FFFACD) — not an exact match. CSS lemonchiffon gives you #FFFACD, a different color; use #EEF7CC 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.

#EEF7CC is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D4CAF7; it also sits naturally between #F7EACA and #D7F7CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEF7CC · RGB 238, 247, 204

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Color values

HEX#EEF7CC
RGB238, 247, 204
HSL73°, 73%, 88%
HSV73°, 17%, 97%
CMYK4%, 0%, 17%, 3%
XYZ79.42, 89.06, 70.13
Yxy89.06, 0.3328, 0.3732
CIE-Lab95.60, -10.11, 19.70
Hunter Lab94.37, -10.04, 17.51

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 97% · Blue 80%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 3%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEF7CC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEF7CC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEF7CC

.text { color: #EEF7CC; }
.background { background-color: #EEF7CC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEF7CC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 247, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(73, 73%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEF7CC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 247, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEF7CC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 247, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEF7CC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEF7CC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEF7CC

#E1F1A7#D4EB7F#C8E65C#BADF34#A6CB20#89A81A#698014#4C5D0E#2B3508#0E1203

Tints of #EEF7CC

#EFF7CE#F0F8D3#F0F8D3#F2F9D7#F3F9DC#F5FAE0#F6FBE5#F6FBE5#F8FCE9#F9FCED

Tones of #EEF7CC

#EBF4CD#E9F0D0#E8EDD4#E6EAD7#E4E7DA#E2E3DD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D4CAF7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.12:1 Fails
Against black text18.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEF7CC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEF7CC

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 #EEF7CC: ·

How #EEF7CC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F2D6Deuteranopia · #F1F1D9Tritanopia · #EEDFE0

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 #EEF7CC rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff9d9d
#FF9D9D · #FFC5AA · #EEF8CD · #BBF1D2
Mellow Ruby Drift
#EDF6D0 · #E4F3B4 · #8EAF22 · #596E17
Modern Ruby Bloom
#F0F4C8 · #C9DA2A · #919D20 · #3C410B
Palette 443627
#443627 · #D98324 · #EFDCAB · #F2F6D0
Palette 556b2f
#556B2F · #8FA31E · #C6D870 · #EFF5D2
Crimson Ruby Summit
#F1F2C9 · #DEE27E · #BBC12E · #494C10

Similar colors

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

#EEF8CD#EDF6D0#F0F4C8#F2F6D0#EFF5D2#F1F2C9#E7F4CC#F3F2C9#F3F1CE#F4F3C8#E8F2CF#F1F7D4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEF7CB  ·  #EEF7CD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEF7CC?

#EEF7CC is Pale Green, a green color (RGB 238, 247, 204). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEF7CC?

#EEF7CC is RGB 238, 247, 204 — HSL 73°, 73%, 88% — CMYK 4%, 0%, 17%, 3%.

What colors go with #EEF7CC?

Its complement is #D4CAF7; analogous partners are #F7EACA and #D7F7CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEF7CC for text?

Black text on #EEF7CC has a contrast ratio of 18.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.12:1.