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#EEE8AA

#eee8aa Pale Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
  • palegoldenrod
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#eee8aa (Pale Goldenrod) is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 90.98% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.52% magenta, 28.57% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 54.71°, 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 16.76:1 (WCAG AAA).

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Relative luminance0.7879

Complementary

  1. #eee8aa
  2. #aab0ee

Split complementary

  1. #eee8aa
  2. #aad2ee
  3. #c6aaee

Analogous

  1. #eec6aa
  2. #eee8aa
  3. #d2eeaa

Triadic

  1. #eee8aa
  2. #aaeee8
  3. #e8aaee

Tetradic

  1. #eee8aa
  2. #b0eeaa
  3. #aab0ee
  4. #e8aaee

Square

  1. #eee8aa
  2. #aaeec6
  3. #aab0ee
  4. #eeaad2

Monochromatic

  1. #d5c62a
  2. #e1d76a
  3. #eee8aa
  4. #fbf9ea
  5. #fcfaee

Shades

#eee8aa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eee8aa
  2. #d6d199
  3. #beba88
  4. #a7a277
  5. #8f8b66
  6. #777455
  7. #5f5d44
  8. #474633
  9. #302e22
  10. #181711
  11. #000000

Tints

#eee8aa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eee8aa
  2. #f0eab3
  3. #f1edbb
  4. #f3efc4
  5. #f5f1cc
  6. #f7f4d5
  7. #f8f6dd
  8. #faf8e6
  9. #fcfaee
  10. #fdfdf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eee8aa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eee8aa
  2. #e3dea6
  3. #d8d3a2
  4. #cdc99d
  5. #c2be99
  6. #b7b495
  7. #acaa91
  8. #a19f8d
  9. #969588
  10. #8b8a84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e6e6e6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e9e7d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f3e4a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f5e7ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8e0d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f1e5a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f3e8ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4e3c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eee8aa {
  color: #eee8aa;
}
Background
.bg-eee8aa {
  background-color: #eee8aa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eee8aa {
  border: 2px solid #eee8aa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eee8aa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 232 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 55 67% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eee8aa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eee8aa, #d2eeaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eee8aa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 232 170 / 0.35);
}

#f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 2.66 #faf0be Blond ΔE 3.67 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 5.22 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 5.61 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 6.09 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 6.54 #111755 Inverted #e6e6e6 Grayscale 

Pale Goldenrod
#eee8aa  rgb(238, 232, 170)  hsl(55, 67%, 80%)  Pale Goldenrod
#aab0ee  rgb(170, 176, 238)  hsl(235, 67%, 80%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#aaeee8  rgb(170, 238, 232)  hsl(175, 67%, 80%)  Pale Turquoise
#e8aaee  rgb(232, 170, 238)  hsl(295, 67%, 80%)  Plum