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#EAEBBF — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEBBF is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EAEBBF 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.

#EAEBBF 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 #C2C1EB; it also sits naturally between #EBD7C1 and #D5EBC1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBBF · RGB 234, 235, 191

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Color values

HEX#EAEBBF
RGB234, 235, 191
HSL61°, 52%, 84%
HSV61°, 19%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 19%, 8%
XYZ73.04, 80.67, 61.01
Yxy80.67, 0.3402, 0.3757
CIE-Lab91.98, -7.47, 21.30
Hunter Lab89.82, -7.33, 18.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 19% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEBBF

.text { color: #EAEBBF; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 52%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 191, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEBBF

#E1E2A2#D6D883#CCCE64#C2C445#A9AB36#8A8C2C#6B6D22#4D4E18#2E2F0F#0F1005

Tints of #EAEBBF

#ECEDC5#EDEEC9#F0F0D0#F1F2D4#F2F3D8#F4F4DC#F5F5E0#F7F8E8#F9F9EC#FAFAEF

Tones of #EAEBBF

#E8E9C4#E5E5C7#E2E2CA#DFDFCD#DCDCD0#D9D9D3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C2C1EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBBF

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 #EAEBBF: ·

How #EAEBBF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEACADeuteranopia · #EAEACCTritanopia · #EAD2D4

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 #EAEBBF rather than the exact color:

Smoky Harbor
#1B347B · #6D95DF · #D6B146 · #EBE8BD
Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Smoky Ruby Mirage
#827E19 · #24B9B4 · #D131D7 · #E8ECC4
Palette B5e18b
#B5E18B · #F0FFC2 · #EAE6BC · #28396C
Palette E6ba95
#E6BA95 · #FAFDD6 · #E4E9BE · #A2B38B
Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB

Similar colors

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

#EBE8BD#ECECBB#E8ECC4#EAE6BC#E4E9BE#EFEABB#EFEDBB#EBE5C2#E5ECC4#E7F2BF#EAF2C3#E5E9C5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBBE  ·  #EAEBC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBBF?

#EAEBBF is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 191). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBBF?

#EAEBBF is RGB 234, 235, 191 — HSL 61°, 52%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 19%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBBF?

Its complement is #C2C1EB; analogous partners are #EBD7C1 and #D5EBC1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBBF for text?

Black text on #EAEBBF has a contrast ratio of 17.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.