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#EAEBC4 — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEBC4 is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Bisque (#FFE4C4). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: bisque (#FFE4C4) — not an exact match. CSS bisque gives you #FFE4C4, a different color; use #EAEBC4 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.

#EAEBC4 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 #C7C6EB; it also sits naturally between #EBDAC6 and #D8EBC6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBC4 · RGB 234, 235, 196

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Color values

HEX#EAEBC4
RGB234, 235, 196
HSL62°, 49%, 85%
HSV62°, 17%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 17%, 8%
XYZ73.60, 80.89, 63.96
Yxy80.89, 0.3369, 0.3703
CIE-Lab92.08, -6.73, 18.85
Hunter Lab89.94, -6.62, 16.51

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 77%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 17% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEBC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEBC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEBC4

.text { color: #EAEBC4; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 49%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEBC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEBC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEBC4

#DFE1A8#D4D789#C9CC6B#BEC24C#A7AB3B#86892F#686A24#4A4C1A#2D2E10#0F0F05

Tints of #EAEBC4

#ECEDCA#EDEECE#EEEFD1#F0F1D5#F3F3DD#F4F5E1#F5F6E4#F7F7E8#F8F8EC#F9FAF0

Tones of #EAEBC4

#E8E9C9#E5E6CB#E3E3CE#E0E1D1#DEDED3#DBDBD6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7C6EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBC4

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 #EAEBC4: ·

How #EAEBC4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEACDDeuteranopia · #EAEAD0Tritanopia · #EAD5D7

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 #EAEBC4 rather than the exact color:

Smoky Ruby Mirage
#827E19 · #24B9B4 · #D131D7 · #E8ECC4
Amber Breeze
#86B224 · #50B0DB · #CD2A9A · #E5ECC4
Palette 016b61
#016B61 · #70B2B2 · #9ECFD4 · #E5E9C5
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD
Palette E7efc7
#E7EFC7 · #AEC8A4 · #8A784E · #3B3B1A
Palette F8f3d9
#F8F3D9 · #EBE5C2 · #B9B28A · #504B38

Similar colors

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

#E8ECC4#E5ECC4#E5E9C5#E9EDC9#E7EFC7#EBE5C2#EDEBCA#F0EAC7#ECE5C7#EAF2C3#E6EEC9#F1ECC3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBC3  ·  #EAEBC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBC4?

#EAEBC4 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 196). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBC4?

#EAEBC4 is RGB 234, 235, 196 — HSL 62°, 49%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 17%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBC4?

Its complement is #C7C6EB; analogous partners are #EBDAC6 and #D8EBC6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBC4 for text?

Black text on #EAEBC4 has a contrast ratio of 17.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.