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#EEDFBA Color

#EEDFBA is rgb(238, 223, 186) in RGB, hsl(43, 60%, 83%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 6%, 22%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Dutch White (#EFDFBB), indistinguishable to the eye at ΔE 0.61. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#EEDFBA
HEX#EEDFBA
RGBrgb(238, 223, 186)
HSLhsl(43, 60%, 83%)
HSVhsv(43, 22%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 22%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(90.6% 0.051 88.6)
LABlab(89.35% 1.05 20.16)
LCHlch(89.35% 20.19 87.01)

What #EEDFBA 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 #EEDFBA, 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.

#EEDFBA Channel Values

How #EEDFBA 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 223 · B 1868-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 43° · S 60% · L 83%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 43° · S 22% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 6% · Y 22% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.32:1 vs white · 15.9:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #EEDFBA 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 text1.32:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text15.9:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #EEDFBA in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #EEDFBA

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

Base
Complementary
Analogous
Analogous
Triadic
Triadic
Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #EEDFBA

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 #EEDFBA.

How #EEDFBA 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#EEDFBA
Protanopia#E2E2BA
Protanomaly#E7E1BA
Deuteranopia#E4E4B9
Deuteranomaly#E8E2BA
Tritanopia#F2DBDB
Tritanomaly#F0DCCE
Achromatopsia#E0E0E0

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #EEDFBA in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-eedfba: #EEDFBA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #EEDFBA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-eedfba': '#EEDFBA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.875, blue: 0.729)
Android XML<color name="color_eedfba">#EEDFBA</color>
SVG fillfill="#EEDFBA"

More Yellow Colors

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

#EEDFBA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #EEDFBA?

#EEDFBA is a lightest yellow — rgb(238, 223, 186) in RGB and hsl(43, 60%, 83%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Dutch White (#EFDFBB), which is indistinguishable to the eye at a CIE76 distance of 0.61.

What is the RGB value of #EEDFBA?

#EEDFBA is rgb(238, 223, 186) — red 238, green 223, and blue 186 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #EEDFBA?

#EEDFBA converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 6%, 22%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #EEDFBA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #EEDFBA scores 1.32:1 against white and 15.9:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #EEDFBA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #EEDFBA 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 4.72, which is very hard to tell apart.

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