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#EEDCAA Color

#EEDCAA is rgb(238, 220, 170) in RGB, hsl(44, 67%, 80%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 8%, 29%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Banana Mania (#FAE7B5), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 3.97. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#EEDCAA
HEX#EEDCAA
RGBrgb(238, 220, 170)
HSLhsl(44, 67%, 80%)
HSVhsv(44, 29%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 29%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(89.7% 0.068 90.6)
LABlab(88.34% 0.92 27.02)
LCHlch(88.34% 27.04 88.05)

What #EEDCAA Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #EEDCAA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every yellow in the library.

#EEDCAA Channel Values

How #EEDCAA breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 238 · G 220 · B 1708-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 44° · S 67% · L 80%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 44° · S 29% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 8% · Y 29% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.36:1 vs white · 15.45:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #EEDCAA background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.36:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text15.45:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #EEDCAA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #EEDCAA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #EEDCAA

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #EEDCAA.

How #EEDCAA Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#EEDCAA
Protanopia#DFDFAA
Protanomaly#E5DEAA
Deuteranopia#E2E2A9
Deuteranomaly#E7E0AA
Tritanopia#F3D7D7
Tritanomaly#F1D9C6
Achromatopsia#DDDDDD

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #EEDCAA in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-eedcaa: #EEDCAA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #EEDCAA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-eedcaa': '#EEDCAA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.863, blue: 0.667)
Android XML<color name="color_eedcaa">#EEDCAA</color>
SVG fillfill="#EEDCAA"

More Yellow Colors

#EEDCAA sits in the yellow family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#EEDCAA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #EEDCAA?

#EEDCAA is a lightest yellow — rgb(238, 220, 170) in RGB and hsl(44, 67%, 80%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Banana Mania (#FAE7B5), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 3.97.

What is the RGB value of #EEDCAA?

#EEDCAA is rgb(238, 220, 170) — red 238, green 220, and blue 170 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #EEDCAA?

#EEDCAA converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 8%, 29%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #EEDCAA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #EEDCAA scores 1.36:1 against white and 15.45:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #EEDCAA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #EEDCAA is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is wheat (#F5DEB3) at a CIE76 distance of 4, which is very hard to tell apart.

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