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#EEEEBA Color

#EEEEBA is rgb(238, 238, 186) in RGB, hsl(60, 60%, 83%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 0%, 22%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Pale Spring Bud (#ECEBBD), very hard to tell apart at ΔE 3.04. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#EEEEBA
HEX#EEEEBA
RGBrgb(238, 238, 186)
HSLhsl(60, 60%, 83%)
HSVhsv(60, 22%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 22%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(93.6% 0.067 107.6)
LABlab(93.14% -6.09 25.31)
LCHlch(93.14% 26.04 103.53)

What #EEEEBA 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 #EEEEBA, 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.

#EEEEBA Channel Values

How #EEEEBA 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 238 · B 1868-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 60° · S 60% · L 83%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 60° · S 22% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 0% · Y 22% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.19:1 vs white · 17.57:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #EEEEBA 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 text1.19:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text17.57:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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

Colors That Go With #EEEEBA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #EEEEBA; 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
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Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #EEEEBA

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 #EEEEBA.

How #EEEEBA 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#EEEEBA
Protanopia#EEEEBA
Protanomaly#EEEEBA
Deuteranopia#EEEEBA
Deuteranomaly#EEEEBA
Tritanopia#F4E8E8
Tritanomaly#F1EBD7
Achromatopsia#EBEBEB

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #EEEEBA in Code

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

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

More Yellow Colors

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

#EEEEBA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #EEEEBA?

#EEEEBA is a lightest yellow — rgb(238, 238, 186) in RGB and hsl(60, 60%, 83%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Pale Spring Bud (#ECEBBD), which is very hard to tell apart at a CIE76 distance of 3.04.

What is the RGB value of #EEEEBA?

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

What is the CMYK value of #EEEEBA?

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

Should text on #EEEEBA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #EEEEBA scores 1.19:1 against white and 17.57:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #EEEEBA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #EEEEBA 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 lemonchiffon (#FFFACD) at a CIE76 distance of 6.12, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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