#FFEEAD

sRGB: 255 / 238 / 173

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends transcend the boundaries of time
Brilliant stars shatter the chains of fate

#FFEEAD belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 238 green and 173 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 47.6° lands in the yellow region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.9% 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 (18.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 238, 173
HSL: 47.56°, 100.00%, 83.92%
HSV / HSB: 47.56°, 32.16%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.67%, 32.16%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 79.354, 85.427, 51.845
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.067, -3.612, 33.606
WCAG relative luminance: 0.85426
24-bit decimal: 16772781

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 #FFEEAD 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: 18.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.16:1

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

#ADBEFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFEEAD 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.

#FFEEAD #ADBEFF

Analogous

#FFC5AD and #E7FFAD sit 30° to either side of #FFEEAD. 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.

#FFC5AD #FFEEAD #E7FFAD

Triadic

#FFEEAD, #ADFFEE and #EEADFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFEEAD #ADFFEE #EEADFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFEEAD and look across the wheel. #ADE7FF and #C5ADFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFEEAD #ADE7FF #C5ADFF

Square

Starting with #FFEEAD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ADFFC5, #ADBEFF, then #FFADE7. Across the square, #FFEEAD pairs with #ADBEFF, and #ADFFC5 with #FFADE7.

#FFEEAD #ADFFC5 #ADBEFF #FFADE7

Tetradic

#FFEEAD and #ADBEFF are opposites, as are #BEFFAD and #EEADFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFEEAD #BEFFAD #ADBEFF #EEADFF

Tints

Mixing #FFEEAD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFF1BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFCEF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFEEAD #FFF1BD #FFF5CE #FFF8DE #FFFCEF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFEEAD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBE8A, keeps 80% of the original. By #333023, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFEEAD #CCBE8A #998F68 #665F45 #333023 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFEEAD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D8A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #999689, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFEEAD #E6D8A4 #CCC29B #B3AC92 #999689 #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

#FFEEAD

RGB

rgb(255 238 173)

HSL

hsl(47.561 100.000% 83.922%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFEEAD uses 255 red, 238 green and 173 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 93.3%

Blue 67.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFEEAD is 0.0% cyan, 6.7% magenta, 32.2% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.7%

Yellow 32.2%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FEA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFEEAD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFF99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEEAA Nearest web-safe: #FFFF99

Gradient to complement

#FFEEAD #F1E6BB #E4DEC8 #D6D6D6 #C8CEE4 #BBC6F1 #ADBEFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFEEAD 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.

#FBEBA9

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.

#FFF0AF

Tritanopia

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

#FFE4DD

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.

#FDECAB

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.

#FFEFAE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFEBC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EEEEEE

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.

#F7EED1

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 1.00000 G 0.85499 B 0.41789

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 0.98860 G 0.93565 B 0.70801

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.97426 G 0.85981 B 0.45947

CIE xyY

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

x 0.366 y 0.394 Y 85.427

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 6.667 Y % 32.157

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11101110 10101101