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#E4EABC — Pale Muted Yellow

#E4EABC is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #E4EABC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#E4EABC is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #C3BDEA; it also sits naturally between #EADABD and #CEEABD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4EABC · RGB 228, 234, 188

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Color values

HEX#E4EABC
RGB228, 234, 188
HSL68°, 52%, 83%
HSV68°, 20%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 20%, 8%
XYZ70.49, 78.97, 59.10
Yxy78.97, 0.3380, 0.3786
CIE-Lab91.22, -9.56, 21.72
Hunter Lab88.87, -9.31, 18.62

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 92% · Blue 74%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 20% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #E4EABC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4EABC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4EABC

.text { color: #E4EABC; }
.background { background-color: #E4EABC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4EABC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 234, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 52%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4EABC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 234, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4EABC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 234, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4EABC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4EABC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4EABC

#D8E09E#CBD77F#BECD60#B2C341#9BAB36#7F8C2C#636D22#464E18#2A2F0F#0E1005

Tints of #E4EABC

#E6EBC1#E9EEC9#EAEFCD#ECF0D0#EFF3D8#F1F4DC#F2F5E0#F4F6E4#F7F9EC#F9FAEF

Tones of #E4EABC

#E2E7C0#DFE4C4#DDE1C7#DBDDCA#D8DACD#D6D7D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3BDEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4EABC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4EABC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #E4EABC: ·

How #E4EABC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #E7E7C7Deuteranopia · #E6E6CATritanopia · #E4D0D2

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E4EABC rather than the exact color:

Palette E6ba95
#E6BA95 · #FAFDD6 · #E4E9BE · #A2B38B
Frozen Ruby Summit
#5535A5 · #8075D3 · #B0CE65 · #E0E5BF
Palette B5e18b
#B5E18B · #F0FFC2 · #EAE6BC · #28396C
Smoky Harbor
#1B347B · #6D95DF · #D6B146 · #EBE8BD
Rustic Canyon
#38179F · #9C74EB · #C1E650 · #E0F0BA
Crimson Solace
#F4DCEE · #E7CAC3 · #DFE7B7 · #B7EABE

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E4E9BE#E0E5BF#EAE6BC#EBE8BD#E0F0BA#DFE7B7#E0EEC2#E5ECC4#ECECBB#E0E5B6#DDE6C0#E7F2BF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4EABB  ·  #E4EABD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4EABC?

#E4EABC is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 228, 234, 188). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4EABC?

#E4EABC is RGB 228, 234, 188 — HSL 68°, 52%, 83% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 20%, 8%.

What colors go with #E4EABC?

Its complement is #C3BDEA; analogous partners are #EADABD and #CEEABD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4EABC for text?

Black text on #E4EABC has a contrast ratio of 16.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.