Eggshell
#F0EAD6
Eggshell (#F0EAD6) is a very light, moderately saturated yellow colour, warm. In RGB it is 240 red, 234 green and 214 blue; in HSL its hue is 46°, its saturation 46% and its lightness 89%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 3% magenta, 11% yellow and 6% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Yellow is the brightest colour to the eye: cheerful, optimistic and hard to miss. On its own it can be hard to read, so pair it with a dark colour for text.
Text on eggshell
White text on eggshell has a contrast ratio of 1.20:1 and fails; black text has 17.45:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 1.20:1
Black text · 17.45:1
Tints and shades of eggshell
Colour palettes with eggshell
Brands with a eggshell logo
Brand colours close to #F0EAD6, from our Brand Colour Index.
Colours similar to eggshell
Use eggshell in CSS
.button {
background-color: #F0EAD6;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of yellow.