CSS named color

Pale Goldenrod #EEE8AA

The CSS keyword palegoldenrod is #EEE8AA. It is a pale muted yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.921, chroma 0.080 and hue 103.2°.

Relative luminance: 0.7879
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.921 · 0.080 · 103.2
Best text: Black 16.75:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#EEE8AA color codes

HEX: #EEE8AA
RGB: rgb(238, 232, 170)
HSL: hsl(55, 67%, 80%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.921 0.080 103.2)
OKLab: oklab(0.921 -0.018 0.078)
CIELAB (D65): L* 91.14, a* -7.35, b* 30.97
XYZ (D65): X 71.37, Y 78.79, Z 49.47
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 3%, 29%, 7%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #EEE8AA accessible?

Black text on it reaches 16.75:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.25:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

16.75:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +91
White text on it

1.25:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −14
Text is here, unreadable at 1.25:1
As text on black

16.75:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −91
As text on white

1.25:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +12
Text is here, unreadable at 1.25:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#7F783E 4.50:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.92 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#EEE8AA 16.75:1

It already reaches 16.75:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #EEE8AA live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #EEE8AA

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #EEE8AA sits at step 100.

50#FCF8C7

White
1.08
Black
19.39
100This color#EEE8AA

White
1.25
Black
16.75
200#DFDAA5

White
1.42
Black
14.70
300#C6C088

White
1.85
Black
11.29
400#AAA46A

White
2.55
Black
8.22
500#8F884E

White
3.62
Black
5.79
600#777137

White
4.99
Black
4.20
700#605A21

White
7.04
Black
2.98
800#474107

White
10.35
Black
2.02
900#2E2A00

White
14.50
Black
1.44
950#1A1700

White
18.00
Black
1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #EEE8AA can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.194; #EEE8AA uses 41% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.225 there: 16% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.080
sRGB edge: 0.194
Display P3 edge: 0.225
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.231
Dominant wavelength: 572 nm
Excitation purity: 31%
Chromaticity: x 0.3575, y 0.3947

This color#EEE8AA
Most vivid in sRGB#FDE900
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.921 0.225 103.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #eee8aa;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9929 0.9155 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #EEE8AA

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#F7F4D5
OKLab50%#F6F4D5
OKLCH50%#F6F4D5

Black #000000

sRGB50%#777455
OKLab50%#5C593F
OKLCH50%#5C593F

Its complement #E1E2FF

sRGB50%#E8E5D5
OKLab50%#E7E6D7
OKLCH50%#FFDADD

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #eee8aa, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #eee8aa 50%, white);

In use

#EEE8AA in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.75:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.25:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.25:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.25:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7F783E 4.50:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:116.75:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.94:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:114.94:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.94:1 Passes

Color vision

How #EEE8AA looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 20.9; deuteranopia changes it least, 2.6.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#F3E4A6 ΔE2000 2.8

Close match

Reads as pale muted amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#F5E7AC ΔE2000 2.6

Close match

Reads as pale muted amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#F8E0D8 ΔE2000 20.9

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#E6E6E6 ΔE2000 18.8

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #E1E2FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#EEE8AA · #E1E2FF	34.1	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#F3E4A6 · #DBE5FF	31.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#F5E7AC · #DAE3FE	31.4	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#F8E0D8 · #DBE7EB	16.5	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#E6E6E6 · #E4E4E4	0.4	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #EEE8AA

Its complement is #E1E2FF, a pale grayish blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#EEE8AA
Complement#E1E2FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#FFDFB8
Base#EEE8AA
+30°#D0F1BB

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#EEE8AA
+120°#C0EDFF
+240°#FFD8EE

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#EEE8AA
+150°#D3E7FF
+210°#F2DBFF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-palegoldenrod: #eee8aa;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        palegoldenrod: '#eee8aa',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-palegoldenrod: oklch(0.921 0.080 103.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "palegoldenrod": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9333, 0.9098, 0.6667],
        "hex": "#eee8aa"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color palegoldenrod"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let palegoldenrod = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.933, green: 0.910, blue: 0.667, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Palegoldenrod = Color(0xFFEEE8AA)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Pale Goldenrod #EEE8AA

#EEE8AA color codes

Contrast: is #EEE8AA accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #EEE8AA live

Shades and tints of #EEE8AA

How vivid #EEE8AA can get

Mixing #EEE8AA

#EEE8AA in an interface

How #EEE8AA looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #EEE8AA

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #EEE8AA in the tools