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#EAEBAD — Light Yellow

#EAEBAD 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 #EAEBAD 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.

#EAEBAD 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.

#EAEBAD · RGB 234, 235, 173

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Color values

HEX#EAEBAD
RGB234, 235, 173
HSL61°, 61%, 80%
HSV61°, 26%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 26%, 8%
XYZ71.18, 79.93, 51.21
Yxy79.93, 0.3518, 0.3950
CIE-Lab91.65, -9.95, 30.07
Hunter Lab89.40, -9.70, 24.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEBAD

.text { color: #EAEBAD; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 61%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEBAD

#E2E38C#DADC6F#D2D44E#CBCD32#AAAC2A#8A8C22#6D6F1B#4D4E13#31310C#101004

Tints of #EAEBAD

#ECEDB5#EDEEB9#EFF0C1#F0F1C6#F2F3CE#F5F5D6#F6F6DA#F8F8E2#F9F9E6#FBFBEF

Tones of #EAEBAD

#E6E7B1#E2E2B6#DDDEBA#D9D9BF#D4D5C3#D0D1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEADEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EAEBAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBAD

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 #EAEBAD: ·

How #EAEBAD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEABCDeuteranopia · #EAEAC0Tritanopia · #EAC8CA

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 #EAEBAD rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Palette C30e59
#C30E59 · #E82561 · #F2AE66 · #E8E7AB
Palette 22177a
#22177A · #605EA1 · #8EA3A6 · #E6E9AF
Palette 3c6255
#3C6255 · #61876E · #A6BB8D · #EAE7B1

Similar colors

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

#E8EDAC#ECE8AF#ECEDB0#E8E7AB#E6E9AF#EAE7B1#EEECB1#EBE5AE#F0EAAC#ECEBA7#E5EBB2#E4F1AC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBAC  ·  #EAEBAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBAD?

#EAEBAD is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 173). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBAD?

#EAEBAD is RGB 234, 235, 173 — HSL 61°, 61%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 26%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBAD?

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

Can I use #EAEBAD for text?

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