Palettes / Colors / #EAEBAC

#EAEBAC — Light Yellow

#EAEBAC 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 #EAEBAC 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.

#EAEBAC 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 #AEADEB; it also sits naturally between #EBCDAD and #CBEBAD. 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 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 27% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EAEBAC

.text { color: #EAEBAC; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 61%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEBAC

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Tones of #EAEBAC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEADEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAEBAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBAC

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:

How #EAEBAC 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 #EAEBAC 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

← #EAEBAB  ·  #EAEBAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBAC?

#EAEBAC is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBAC?

#EAEBAC is RGB 234, 235, 172 — HSL 61°, 61%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 27%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBAC?

Its complement is #AEADEB; analogous partners are #EBCDAD and #CBEBAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBAC for text?

Black text on #EAEBAC has a contrast ratio of 16.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.