#EEE8AA

A very light, moderate yellow closely aligning with Palegoldenrod.

About #EEE8AA

When working with digital screens, the color #EEE8AA is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Palegoldenrod. In the RGB color space, it consists of 238 red, 232 green, and 170 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 3% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. Because it is a very light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#EEE8AA
RGB238, 232, 170
HSL54.7°, 66.7%, 80.0%
CMYK0%, 3%, 29%, 7%
HSV54.7°, 28.6%, 93.3%
LAB91.1, -7.3, 31.0
XYZ71.4, 78.8, 49.5
Decimal15657130

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.25:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
16.76:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.20:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
14.25:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #EEE8AA; }
.text-color { color: #EEE8AA; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #EEE8AA; }

Similar Colors

Palegoldenrod
#EEE8AA