What color is #EEEEAA?

#EEEEAA is a light, moderate yellow known as Pollen. It belongs to the beige family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Pollen?

The RGB value is 238, 238, 170: 238 red, 238 green and 170 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Pollen?

The complementary color is #AAAAEE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #EEEEAA?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.45:1 and white text 1.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Pollen color: hex code #EEEEAA

#EEEEAA rgb(238, 238, 170)

Shades of beige

Pollen has the hex code #EEEEAA. It is a light, moderate yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 93.3% red, 93.3% green and 66.7% blue (238, 238, 170).

Its hue angle is 60°, with 67% saturation and 80% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 7% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 17.45:1).

Pollen (#EEEEAA) color codes

HEX	`#EEEEAA`
RGB	`rgb(238, 238, 170)`
RGB percent	`rgb(93.3%, 93.3%, 66.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(60, 67%, 80%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(60, 29%, 93%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 29%, 7%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(92.68, -10.35, 33.03)`
CIE LCH	`lch(92.68, 34.61, 107.4)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(73.09, 82.23, 50.044)`
Decimal	`15658666`
Short hex	`#EEA`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Pollen, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #EEEEAA	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	17.45:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.2:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#EEEEAA as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.2:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	17.45:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #EEEEAA looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #eeeeaa; }
.text { color: #eeeeaa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eeeeaa; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(238 238 170 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #eeeeaa, #cceeaa); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #EEEEAA on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #EEEEAA?: #EEEEAA is a light, moderate yellow known as Pollen. It belongs to the beige family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Pollen?: The RGB value is 238, 238, 170: 238 red, 238 green and 170 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Pollen?: The complementary color is #AAAAEE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #EEEEAA?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 17.45:1 and white text 1.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.