#ffeaaa

Color #ffeaaa

A vivid, highly saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 6.34 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ffeaaa

RGB

rgb(255, 234, 170)

HSL

hsl(45.2, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.2, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 33.3%, 0%)

LAB

lab(93.02, -1.95, 33.72)

LCH

lch(93.02, 33.78, 93.31)

OKLCH

oklch(93.9%, 0.0843, 92.04)

HWB

hwb(45.2, 66.7%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aabfff

Analogous

#ffbfaa

#ffeaaa

#e9ffaa

Triadic

#ffeaaa

#aaffea

#eaaaff

Split-complementary

#ffeaaa

#aae9ff

#bfaaff

Tetradic

#ffeaaa

#bfffaa

#aabfff

#eaaaff

Square

#ffeaaa

#aaffbf

#aabfff

#ffaae9

Shades

Color #ffeaaa mixed toward black.

#ffd963

#ffc71c

#d4a000

#8e6b00

#473500

Tints

Color #ffeaaa mixed toward white.

#ffedb8

#fff1c6

#fff4d4

#fff8e3

#fffbf1

Tones

Color #ffeaaa mixed toward gray.

#f8e6b1

#f1e3b8

#eadfbf

#e3dcc6

#dcd8cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f6f6bc · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#f7f9c0 · ΔE 7.4

Tritanopia

#fec9cc · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#ebebeb · ΔE 19.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffeaaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffeaaa]

Related colors

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Floral White #fffaf0

Gold #ffd700

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#ffeaaa (#ffeaaa) is rgb(255, 234, 170) in RGB.

No, #ffeaaa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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