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#EAEBB3 — Light Yellow

#EAEBB3 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 #EAEBB3 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.

#EAEBB3 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 #B3B2EB; it also sits naturally between #EBCFB2 and #CEEBB2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBB3 · RGB 234, 235, 179

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Color values

HEX#EAEBB3
RGB234, 235, 179
HSL61°, 58%, 81%
HSV61°, 24%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 24%, 8%
XYZ71.78, 80.16, 54.34
Yxy80.16, 0.3480, 0.3886
CIE-Lab91.76, -9.15, 27.15
Hunter Lab89.53, -8.94, 22.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 24% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEBB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEBB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEBB3

.text { color: #EAEBB3; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 58%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEBB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEBB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEBB3

#E1E292#D9DB76#D0D256#C7C936#ABAD2E#8B8D25#6B6D1D#4C4D14#30300D#101004

Tints of #EAEBB3

#ECEDBB#EDEEBF#EFF0C7#F0F1CB#F3F3D3#F4F4D7#F6F6DF#F7F8E3#F9FAEB#FBFBEF

Tones of #EAEBB3

#E6E7B6#E2E2BB#DEDFBF#DADBC2#D7D7C6#D2D2CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3B2EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBB3

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 #EAEBB3: ·

How #EAEBB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAC1Deuteranopia · #EAEAC4Tritanopia · #EACBCE

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 #EAEBB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Palette 3c6255
#3C6255 · #61876E · #A6BB8D · #EAE7B1
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Dreamy Petal
#1A2EAF · #7468E8 · #CCB51E · #EFECB4
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049

Similar colors

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

#ECEDB0#EAE7B1#EEECB1#E5EBB2#EFECB4#ECE8AF#E6E9AF#F0E9B6#E8EDAC#E3EEB2#F1E8B5#EBE5AE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBB2  ·  #EAEBB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBB3?

#EAEBB3 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 179). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBB3?

#EAEBB3 is RGB 234, 235, 179 — HSL 61°, 58%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 24%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBB3?

Its complement is #B3B2EB; analogous partners are #EBCFB2 and #CEEBB2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBB3 for text?

Black text on #EAEBB3 has a contrast ratio of 17.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.