HEX atlas value

#EEE8AA

#EEE8AA is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Pale Goldenrod. RGB 238, 232, 170, HSL 55° 67% 80%, luminance 0.7879; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm balanced

#EEE8AA Sample readable text

HEX #EEE8AA

RGB rgb(238, 232, 170)

HSL hsl(55 67% 80%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 29, 7)

Luminance 0.7879

Contrast Black 16.76:1White 1.25:1

CSS

--color-eee8aa: #EEE8AA;
.background-eee8aa { background-color: #EEE8AA; }
.text-eee8aa { color: #EEE8AA; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EEE8AA

#EEE8AA is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #EEE8AA is visually closest to Pale Goldenrod, a named yellow color with HEX #EEE8AA.

The RGB channels are 238, 232, and 170, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 55deg with 67% saturation and 80% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.7879, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.76:1AA Pass

White text1.25:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EEE8AA needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.76:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.25:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FDFDF6#FDFDF6 · #000000 text · best 20.56:1 Butter#FFF1A8 · #000000 text · best 18.4:1 #F9F29F#F9F29F · #000000 text · best 18.23:1 Vanilla#F3E5AB · #000000 text · best 16.61:1 #D2EEAA#D2EEAA · #000000 text · best 16.55:1

Generated Palette

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

#AAB0EE#AAB0EE

#EEC6AA#EEC6AA

#D2EEAA#D2EEAA

#FDFDF6#FDFDF6

#DFD45D#DFD45D

Color Harmonies

#AAB0EE#AAB0EE

#EEC6AA#EEC6AA

#D2EEAA#D2EEAA

#AAEEE8#AAEEE8

#E8AAEE#E8AAEE

Variants

#FDFDF6#FDFDF6

#DFD45D#DFD45D

#F9F29F#F9F29F

#E3DFB5#E3DFB5

White#FFFFFF

#FFFAC2#FFFAC2

Nearest Named Colors

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Wheat#F5DEB3

Butter#FFF1A8

Navajo White#FFDEAD

Luminance0.7879

Black text16.76:1AA Pass

White text1.25:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EEE8AA","rgb":[238,232,170],"hsl":[55,67,80],"cmyk":[0,3,29,7],"luminance":0.7879,"contrast":{"black":16.76,"white":1.25}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.76,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.25,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FDFDF6","hex":"#FDFDF6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.56,"contrastWhite":1.02,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Butter","hex":"#FFF1A8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.4,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F9F29F","hex":"#F9F29F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.23,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.61,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D2EEAA","hex":"#D2EEAA","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.55,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Pale Goldenrod adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eee8aa.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-goldenrod.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wheat.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#AAB0EE","analogous":["#EEC6AA","#D2EEAA"],"triadic":["#AAEEE8","#E8AAEE"],"tetradic":["#AAEEC6","#AAB0EE","#EEAAD2"],"splitComplementary":["#AAD2EE","#C6AAEE"],"monochromatic":["#FDFDF6","#EEE8AA","#DFD45D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FDFDF6","dark":"#DFD45D","saturated":"#F9F29F","desaturated":"#E3DFB5","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFAC2"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":0},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":5.916079783099616},{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":15.165750888103101},{"slug":"butter","name":"Butter","hex":"#FFF1A8","distance":19.339079605813716},{"slug":"navajo-white","name":"Navajo White","hex":"#FFDEAD","distance":19.949937343260004}]

#EEE8AA

CSS

About #EEE8AA

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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