Pale Goldenrod color (#EEE8AA)
Pale Goldenrod is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword palegoldenrod
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #EEE8AA, which is rgb(238, 232, 170) in RGB.
It is a very light, moderately saturated warm color with a hue angle of 55° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 92% in OKLCH. On a pale goldenrod background, black text gives the higher contrast at 16.75:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Pale Goldenrod color codes
| CSS name | palegoldenrod |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #EEE8AA |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #EEE8AAFF |
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| RGB | rgb(238, 232, 170) |
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| HSL | hsl(55, 67%, 80%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(55, 29%, 93%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(92.1% 0.0798 103.2) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 28.6%, 6.7%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for pale goldenrod used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of pale goldenrod
Tints mix pale goldenrod with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
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Colors that go with pale goldenrod
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
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Split-Complementary
Pale Goldenrod with color blindness
Approximately how pale goldenrod appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using pale goldenrod in CSS
.element {
color: palegoldenrod;
background-color: #eee8aa;
border-color: rgb(238 232 170 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(92.1% 0.0798 103.2);
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