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#EAEABC — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEABC 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 #EAEABC 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.

#EAEABC 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 #BDBDEA; it also sits naturally between #EAD4BD and #D4EABD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEABC · RGB 234, 234, 188

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Color values

HEX#EAEABC
RGB234, 234, 188
HSL60°, 52%, 83%
HSV60°, 20%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 20%, 8%
XYZ72.43, 79.97, 59.19
Yxy79.97, 0.3423, 0.3779
CIE-Lab91.67, -7.40, 22.41
Hunter Lab89.43, -7.25, 19.19

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 74%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEABC

.text { color: #EAEABC; }
.background { background-color: #EAEABC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEABC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 234, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 52%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEABC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 234, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEABC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 234, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEABC

#E0E09E#D7D77F#CDCD60#C3C341#ABAB36#8C8C2C#6D6D22#4E4E18#2F2F0F#101005

Tints of #EAEABC

#EBEBC1#EEEEC9#EFEFCD#F0F0D0#F3F3D8#F4F4DC#F5F5E0#F6F6E4#F9F9EC#FAFAEF

Tones of #EAEABC

#E7E7C0#E4E4C4#E1E1C7#DDDDCA#DADACD#D7D7D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDBDEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEABC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEABC

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 #EAEABC: ·

How #EAEABC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAC7Deuteranopia · #EAEACATritanopia · #EAD0D2

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 #EAEABC rather than the exact color:

Smoky Harbor
#1B347B · #6D95DF · #D6B146 · #EBE8BD
Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Palette B5e18b
#B5E18B · #F0FFC2 · #EAE6BC · #28396C
Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB
Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB
Palette E6ba95
#E6BA95 · #FAFDD6 · #E4E9BE · #A2B38B

Similar colors

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

#EBE8BD#ECECBB#EAE6BC#EFEABB#EFEDBB#E4E9BE#EBE5C2#E8ECC4#F2ECBE#F0E9B6#EDE4C2#E7F2BF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEABB  ·  #EAEABD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEABC?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEABC?

#EAEABC is RGB 234, 234, 188 — HSL 60°, 52%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 20%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEABC?

Its complement is #BDBDEA; analogous partners are #EAD4BD and #D4EABD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEABC for text?

Black text on #EAEABC has a contrast ratio of 16.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.