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#EAEACE — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEACE is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color AntiqueWhite (#FAEBD7). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: antiquewhite (#FAEBD7) — not an exact match. CSS antiquewhite gives you #FAEBD7, a different color; use #EAEACE 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.

#EAEACE 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 #CDCDEA; it also sits naturally between #EADBCD and #DBEACD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEACE · RGB 234, 234, 206

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Color values

HEX#EAEACE
RGB234, 234, 206
HSL60°, 40%, 86%
HSV60°, 12%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 12%, 8%
XYZ74.50, 80.79, 70.06
Yxy80.79, 0.3306, 0.3585
CIE-Lab92.04, -4.69, 13.61
Hunter Lab89.89, -4.63, 12.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 81%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEACE

.text { color: #EAEACE; }
.background { background-color: #EAEACE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEACE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 234, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 40%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEACE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 234, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEACE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 234, 206, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEACE

#DDDDB0#D1D194#C3C374#B7B757#A1A145#848439#68682C#47471F#2B2B12#0E0E06

Tints of #EAEACE

#EBEBD1#EDEDD4#EEEED8#F0F0DB#F1F1DF#F3F3E2#F4F4E6#F6F6EA#F7F7ED#F9F9F1

Tones of #EAEACE

#E7E7CF#E6E6D1#E4E4D3#E1E1D5#DFDFD7#DDDDD9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDCDEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.16:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEACE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEACE

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 #EAEACE: ·

How #EAEACE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAD5Deuteranopia · #EAEAD6Tritanopia · #EADADB

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 #EAEACE rather than the exact color:

Hidden Aurora
#A69531 · #53CCBA · #AC39BF · #EAEACF
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette F9f3cf
#F9F3CF · #EDE7CF · #DDBC89 · #AA512F
Palette 8a7650
#8A7650 · #8E977D · #ECE7D1 · #DBCEA5

Similar colors

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

#EAEACF#EAECCC#EAEDCD#EDEDCE#EDE7CF#ECE7D1#EDEBCA#E8EDD2#EBEFD0#E8EFCF#E9EDC9#F0EBCE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEACD  ·  #EAEACF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEACE?

#EAEACE is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 234, 206). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEACE?

#EAEACE is RGB 234, 234, 206 — HSL 60°, 40%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 12%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEACE?

Its complement is #CDCDEA; analogous partners are #EADBCD and #DBEACD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEACE for text?

Black text on #EAEACE has a contrast ratio of 17.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.