CSS named colour

Pale Goldenrod

#eee8aa

A CSS named colour: palegoldenrod is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(238 232 170)
HSL: 55°, 67%, 80%
OKLCh: 92.1% 0.080 103.2

Pale Goldenrod in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#eee8aa`
RGB	`rgb(238 232 170)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(238, 232, 170)`
RGB percent	`rgb(93.33% 90.98% 66.67%)`
HSL	`hsl(54.7 66.7% 80%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(54.7, 66.7%, 80%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(54.7, 28.6%, 93.3%)`
HWB	`hwb(54.7 66.7% 6.7%)`
Nearest name	`palegoldenrod`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 28.6%, 6.7%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(92.105% 0.07981 103.183)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(92.105% -0.0182 0.0777)`
CIE LCh	`lch(91.374% 31.416 98.819)`
CIE Lab	`lab(91.374% -4.816 31.045)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.9292 0.9106 0.6937)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.9058 0.8981 0.6644)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.855 0.807 0.402)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.7137 0.7879 0.4948)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.933, 0.91, 0.667)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.855, 0.807, 0.402)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.933, 0.91, 0.667, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.855, 0.807, 0.402, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(238, 232, 170)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.933, 0.91, 0.667)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.855, 0.807, 0.402)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.933, 0.91, 0.667, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.933, 0.91, 0.667, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.933, 0.91, 0.667)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.933, 0.91, 0.667, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.855, 0.807, 0.402)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.933f, 0.91f, 0.667f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(238, 232, 170, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.855f, 0.807f, 0.402f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(238, 232, 170, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.933, 0.91, 0.667, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFEEE8AA)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(238, 232, 170)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.91, blue: 0.667)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.91, blue: 0.667, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xEEE8AA`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFEEE8AA`
Array 0–1	`[0.933, 0.91, 0.667]`
Array 0–255	`[238, 232, 170]`
Decimal integer	`15657130`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Pale Goldenrod on white	1.25:1	Fail	Lc 13	Not usable for text
Pale Goldenrod on black	16.76:1	AAA	Lc 91	Body text at any size

Pale Goldenrod text on a white background

Pale Goldenrod text on a black background

White text on Pale Goldenrod

Black text on Pale Goldenrod

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#fefacc
100#f4f0c0
200#e4dfac
300#cec892
400#b2ac72
500#948e53
600#7a743b
700#625d28
800#4e4918
900#3e390b
950#242000

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#f1ecb9
Tint 2#f4f0c7
Tint 3#f6f4d5
Tint 4#f9f8e3
Tint 5#fcfbf1
Shade 1#bbb684
Shade 2#8a8661
Shade 3#5c593f
Shade 4#323021
Shade 5#0d0c06

Colours that work with Pale Goldenrod

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#dfe1ff
#aaf1ff
#ffd0f3
#ffddaa
#d0f1bb

Closest CSS names

palegoldenrodexact match
moccasinΔEok 0.032
wheatΔEok 0.033
khakiΔEok 0.033
navajowhiteΔEok 0.035
bisqueΔEok 0.046