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#EAEBA6 — Light Yellow

#EAEBA6 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #EAEBA6 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.

#EAEBA6 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 #A9A8EB; it also sits naturally between #EBCBA8 and #C8EBA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBA6 · RGB 234, 235, 166

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Color values

HEX#EAEBA6
RGB234, 235, 166
HSL61°, 63%, 79%
HSV61°, 29%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 29%, 8%
XYZ70.52, 79.66, 47.74
Yxy79.66, 0.3563, 0.4025
CIE-Lab91.53, -10.85, 33.47
Hunter Lab89.25, -10.55, 26.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 29% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEBA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEBA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEBA6

.text { color: #EAEBA6; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 63%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEBA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEBA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEBA6

#E3E58B#DBDD69#D4D64C#C9CC2E#ACAF28#8C8D20#6F7019#4E4F12#31320B#101104

Tints of #EAEBA6

#ECEDB0#EDEEB4#EFF0BC#F1F2C5#F3F4CD#F4F5D1#F6F7DA#F8F8E2#F9F9E6#FBFBEE

Tones of #EAEBA6

#E5E6AD#E1E2B1#DCDDB6#D7D8BB#D3D3C0#CECEC5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9A8EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBA6

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 #EAEBA6: ·

How #EAEBA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAB7Deuteranopia · #EAEABBTritanopia · #EAC4C7

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 #EAEBA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Royal Cascade
#2D13C1 · #6637EB · #BEDB16 · #E7F0A6
Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Palette C30e59
#C30E59 · #E82561 · #F2AE66 · #E8E7AB
Palette 557153
#557153 · #7D8F69 · #A9AF7E · #E6E5A3
Palette 2e2910
#2E2910 · #2C5745 · #EBE3A7 · #EB7D00

Similar colors

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

#ECEBA7#E7F0A6#E8EDAC#E8E7AB#E6E5A3#EBE3A7#F0EAAC#F2F0A6#ECE8AF#E8E2AA#EBE5AE#F2F1A7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBA5  ·  #EAEBA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBA6?

#EAEBA6 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 166). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBA6?

#EAEBA6 is RGB 234, 235, 166 — HSL 61°, 63%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 29%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBA6?

Its complement is #A9A8EB; analogous partners are #EBCBA8 and #C8EBA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBA6 for text?

Black text on #EAEBA6 has a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.