All About Color Flax

#EEDC82

Flax is a soft and muted yellow color. It's a subtle and understated color, perfect for creating a calm and serene space.

About Flax

Flax is a light yellow color with the hex code #EEDC82. In RGB it is red 238, green 220, blue 130; in HSL it is hue 50°, saturation 76%, lightness 72%; in CMYK it is 0%, 8%, 45%, 7%. Its contrast ratio is 1.38:1 on white and 15.20:1 on black.

#EEDC82 Color Conversion

Hex tripletEE, DC, 82
CMYK0.00%, 7.56%, 45.38%, 6.67%
RGB Decimal238, 220, 130
HSL50°, 76%, 72%
RGB Octal356, 334, 202
HSV (HSB)50.00°, 45.38%, 93.33%
RGB Binary11101110, 11011100, 10000010
CIE-L*AB87.47, -5.75, 46.27
RGB Percent93.33%, 86.27%, 50.98%
CIE-L*CH87.47, 46.62, 97.09
XYZ64.88, 70.98, 31.40
CIE-L*UV87.47, 16.21, 61.04
xyY0.39, 0.42, 70.98
Hunter-Lab84.25, -9.96, 36.88
RYB59.45%, 93.33%, 50.98%

Color Accessibility Scores

#EEDC82 on a dark background: contrast 15.20:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#EEDC82 on a light background: contrast 1.38:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Flax, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Flax. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#EEDC82 · #F9F2D2 · #E3C531 · #8193EE · #D2D9F9

Analogous palette

#EE8193 · #EEA681 · #EEDC82 · #CAEE81 · #93EE81

Triadic palette

#EEDC82 · #81EEDC · #DC81EE · #F9F2D2 · #D2F9F2

Tetradic palette

#EEDC82 · #81EEA6 · #8193EE · #EE81CA · #E3C531

Monochromatic palette

#BCA11A · #E5C93E · #EEDC82 · #F7EFC5 · #FCF9E9

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