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#EEE1BA Color

#EEE1BA is rgb(238, 225, 186) in RGB, hsl(45, 60%, 83%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 5%, 22%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Dutch White (#EFDFBB), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.83. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#EEE1BA
HEX#EEE1BA
RGBrgb(238, 225, 186)
HSLhsl(45, 60%, 83%)
HSVhsv(45, 22%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 22%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(91% 0.053 91.8)
LABlab(89.85% 0.09 20.85)
LCHlch(89.85% 20.85 89.75)

What #EEE1BA 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 #EEE1BA, 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.

#EEE1BA Channel Values

How #EEE1BA 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 225 · B 1868-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 45° · S 60% · L 83%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 45° · S 22% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 5% · Y 22% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.3:1 vs white · 16.11:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #EEE1BA 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 text1.3:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text16.11:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #EEE1BA in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #EEE1BA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #EEE1BA; 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.
Split comp.

Tints & Shades of #EEE1BA

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 #EEE1BA.

How #EEE1BA 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#EEE1BA
Protanopia#E3E3BA
Protanomaly#E8E2BA
Deuteranopia#E5E5BA
Deuteranomaly#E9E4BA
Tritanopia#F2DDDD
Tritanomaly#F0DED0
Achromatopsia#E1E1E1

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #EEE1BA in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-eee1ba: #EEE1BA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #EEE1BA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-eee1ba': '#EEE1BA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.882, blue: 0.729)
Android XML<color name="color_eee1ba">#EEE1BA</color>
SVG fillfill="#EEE1BA"

More Yellow Colors

#EEE1BA sits in the yellow family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#EEE1BA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #EEE1BA?

#EEE1BA is a lightest yellow — rgb(238, 225, 186) in RGB and hsl(45, 60%, 83%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Dutch White (#EFDFBB), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.83.

What is the RGB value of #EEE1BA?

#EEE1BA is rgb(238, 225, 186) — red 238, green 225, and blue 186 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #EEE1BA?

#EEE1BA converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 5%, 22%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #EEE1BA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #EEE1BA scores 1.3:1 against white and 16.11:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #EEE1BA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #EEE1BA 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 4.78, which is very hard to tell apart.

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