Palettes / Colors / #EAEABE

#EAEABE — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEABE is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

#EAEABE 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 #BEBEEA; it also sits naturally between #EAD4BE and #D4EABE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 19% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EAEABE

.text { color: #EAEABE; }
.background { background-color: #EAEABE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEABE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 234, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 51%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEABE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 234, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEABE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 234, 190, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEABE

Tints of #EAEABE

Tones of #EAEABE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEBEEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAEABE: #000000.

How #EAEABE looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEABD  ·  #EAEABF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEABE?

#EAEABE is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 234, 190). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEABE?

#EAEABE is RGB 234, 234, 190 — HSL 60°, 51%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 19%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEABE?

Its complement is #BEBEEA; analogous partners are #EAD4BE and #D4EABE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEABE for text?

Black text on #EAEABE has a contrast ratio of 17.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.