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#eeeaaa ≈ Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#eeeaaa is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 91.76% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 1.68% magenta, 28.57% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 56.47°, with 66.67% saturation and 80% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Goldenrod (#eee8aa), ΔE 0.78.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.7993

Complementary

  1. #eeeaaa
  2. #aaaeee

Split complementary

  1. #eeeaaa
  2. #aad0ee
  3. #c8aaee

Analogous

  1. #eec8aa
  2. #eeeaaa
  3. #d0eeaa

Triadic

  1. #eeeaaa
  2. #aaeeea
  3. #eaaaee

Tetradic

  1. #eeeaaa
  2. #aeeeaa
  3. #aaaeee
  4. #eaaaee

Square

  1. #eeeaaa
  2. #aaeec8
  3. #aaaeee
  4. #eeaad0

Monochromatic

  1. #d5cb2a
  2. #e1da6a
  3. #eeeaaa
  4. #fbfaea
  5. #fcfbee

Shades

#eeeaaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eeeaaa
  2. #d6d399
  3. #bebb88
  4. #a7a477
  5. #8f8c66
  6. #777555
  7. #5f5e44
  8. #474633
  9. #302f22
  10. #181711
  11. #000000

Tints

#eeeaaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eeeaaa
  2. #f0ecb3
  3. #f1eebb
  4. #f3f0c4
  5. #f5f2cc
  6. #f7f5d5
  7. #f8f7dd
  8. #faf9e6
  9. #fcfbee
  10. #fdfdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eeeaaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eeeaaa
  2. #e3dfa6
  3. #d8d5a2
  4. #cdca9d
  5. #c2c099
  6. #b7b595
  7. #acaa91
  8. #a1a08d
  9. #969588
  10. #8b8b84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #eae8d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f5e5a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7e9ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8e2d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f2e7a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e9ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4e5c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eeeaaa {
  color: #eeeaaa;
}
Background
.bg-eeeaaa {
  background-color: #eeeaaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eeeaaa {
  border: 2px solid #eeeaaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eeeaaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 234 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 56 67% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eeeaaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeeaaa, #d0eeaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eeeaaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 234 170 / 0.35);
}

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 0.78 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 3.39 #faf0be Blond ΔE 4.06 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.08 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.70 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 6.05 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.73 #111555 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#eeeaaa  rgb(238, 234, 170)  hsl(56, 67%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#aaaeee  rgb(170, 174, 238)  hsl(236, 67%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#aaeeea  rgb(170, 238, 234)  hsl(176, 67%, 80%)  Pale Turquoise
#eaaaee  rgb(234, 170, 238)  hsl(296, 67%, 80%)  Plum