#EEEBDA

sRGB: 238 / 235 / 218

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#EEEBDA belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 235 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 51.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 37.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.53:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 235, 218
HSL: 51.00°, 37.04%, 89.41%
HSV / HSB: 51.00°, 8.40%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.26%, 8.40%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 77.620, 82.656, 78.197
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.864, -1.881, 8.604
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82656
24-bit decimal: 15657946

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EEEBDA in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.53:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.20:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#DADDEE sits half a turn (180°) from #EEEBDA on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EEEBDA #DADDEE

Analogous

#EEE1DA and #E7EEDA sit 30° to either side of #EEEBDA. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EEE1DA #EEEBDA #E7EEDA

Triadic

#EEEBDA, #DAEEEB and #EBDAEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEEBDA #DAEEEB #EBDAEE

Split complementary

Start at #EEEBDA and look across the wheel. #DAE7EE and #E1DAEE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEEBDA #DAE7EE #E1DAEE

Square

Starting with #EEEBDA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DAEEE1, #DADDEE, then #EEDAE7. Across the square, #EEEBDA pairs with #DADDEE, and #DAEEE1 with #EEDAE7.

#EEEBDA #DAEEE1 #DADDEE #EEDAE7

Tetradic

#EEEBDA and #DADDEE are opposites, as are #DDEEDA and #EBDAEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEEBDA #DDEEDA #DADDEE #EBDAEE

Tints

Mixing #EEEBDA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1EFE1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFBF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEEBDA #F1EFE1 #F5F3E9 #F8F7F0 #FCFBF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEEBDA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBCAE, keeps 80% of the original. By #302F2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEEBDA #BEBCAE #8F8D83 #5F5E57 #302F2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEEBDA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8D6C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #969592, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEEBDA #D8D6C8 #C2C0B6 #ACABA4 #969592 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EEEBDA

RGB

rgb(238 235 218)

HSL

hsl(51.000 37.037% 89.412%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EEEBDA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEEBDA uses 238 red, 235 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 92.2%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEEBDA is 0.0% cyan, 1.3% magenta, 8.4% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.3%

Yellow 8.4%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EED in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EEEBDA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEDD Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EEEBDA #EBE9DD #E7E6E1 #E4E4E4 #E1E2E7 #DDDFEB #DADDEE

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEEBDA appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#EFEAD9

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#F0EBDB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F2E8E6

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EFEADA

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EFEBDA

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EFEADF

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EAEAEA

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#ECEBE2

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.85499 G 0.83077 B 0.70110

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.93126 G 0.92196 B 0.86137

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.85069 G 0.83157 B 0.71312

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.325 y 0.347 Y 82.656

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 6.667 M % 7.843 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101110 11101011 11011010