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#EAEE8A

#eaee8a ≈ Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eaee8a is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 93.33% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.68% cyan, 0% magenta, 42.02% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 62.4°, with 74.63% saturation and 73.73% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Yellow (#fdfd96), ΔE 3.42.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.8048

Complementary

  1. #eaee8a
  2. #8e8aee

Split complementary

  1. #eaee8a
  2. #8ab8ee
  3. #c08aee

Analogous

  1. #eec08a
  2. #eaee8a
  3. #b8ee8a

Triadic

  1. #eaee8a
  2. #8aeaee
  3. #ee8aea

Tetradic

  1. #eaee8a
  2. #8aee8e
  3. #8e8aee
  4. #ee8aea

Square

  1. #eaee8a
  2. #8aeec0
  3. #8e8aee
  4. #ee8ab8

Monochromatic

  1. #bcc31c
  2. #dee447
  3. #eaee8a
  4. #f6f8cd
  5. #fcfced

Shades

#eaee8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eaee8a
  2. #d3d67c
  3. #bbbe6e
  4. #a4a761
  5. #8c8f53
  6. #757745
  7. #5e5f37
  8. #464729
  9. #2f301c
  10. #17180e
  11. #000000

Tints

#eaee8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eaee8a
  2. #ecf096
  3. #eef1a1
  4. #f0f3ad
  5. #f2f5b9
  6. #f5f7c5
  7. #f7f8d0
  8. #f9fadc
  9. #fbfce8
  10. #fdfdf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eaee8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eaee8a
  2. #dfe389
  3. #d5d888
  4. #cacd87
  5. #c0c286
  6. #b5b785
  7. #aaac84
  8. #a0a183
  9. #959682
  10. #8b8b81
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e8e8e8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9eac9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fce682 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fde98f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f6e3d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f5e985 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f5eb8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f1e8bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eaee8a {
  color: #eaee8a;
}
Background
.bg-eaee8a {
  background-color: #eaee8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eaee8a {
  border: 2px solid #eaee8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eaee8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 238 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 75% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eaee8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaee8a, #b8ee8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eaee8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 238 138 / 0.35);
}

#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 3.42 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 3.93 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 5.82 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.65 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 6.85 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.12 #fcf75e Icterine ΔE 7.14 #151175 Inverted #e8e8e8 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#eaee8a  rgb(234, 238, 138)  hsl(62, 75%, 74%)  Pastel Yellow
#8e8aee  rgb(142, 138, 238)  hsl(242, 75%, 74%)  Medium Purple
#8aeaee  rgb(138, 234, 238)  hsl(182, 75%, 74%)  Electric Blue
#ee8aea  rgb(238, 138, 234)  hsl(302, 75%, 74%)  Violet