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#EAEBCA — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEBCA is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color AntiqueWhite (#FAEBD7). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: antiquewhite (#FAEBD7) — not an exact match. CSS antiquewhite gives you #FAEBD7, a different color; use #EAEBCA 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.

#EAEBCA 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 #CCCBEB; it also sits naturally between #EBDCCB and #DAEBCB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBCA · RGB 234, 235, 202

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Color values

HEX#EAEBCA
RGB234, 235, 202
HSL62°, 45%, 86%
HSV62°, 14%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 14%, 8%
XYZ74.30, 81.17, 67.63
Yxy81.17, 0.3330, 0.3638
CIE-Lab92.21, -5.82, 15.92
Hunter Lab90.10, -5.74, 14.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 14% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEBCA

.text { color: #EAEBCA; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 45%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEBCA

#DEE0AE#D3D590#C5C86F#B9BD51#A3A63F#868934#696B29#484A1C#2B2C11#0E0F06

Tints of #EAEBCA

#ECEDCF#EDEED3#EFF0D6#F0F1DA#F2F2DE#F3F4E1#F5F5E5#F6F7E9#F8F8ED#F9F9F0

Tones of #EAEBCA

#E8E9CD#E6E7D0#E4E5D2#E2E2D5#E0E0D7#DDDDD9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCCBEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBCA

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 #EAEBCA: ·

How #EAEBCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAD2Deuteranopia · #EAEAD4Tritanopia · #EAD8DA

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 #EAEBCA rather than the exact color:

Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD
Palette 121435
#121435 · #FAF9F0 · #EDEBCA · #FF5722
Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette 35858e
#35858E · #7DA78C · #C2D099 · #E6EEC9
Hidden Aurora
#A69531 · #53CCBA · #AC39BF · #EAEACF

Similar colors

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

#EAECCC#E9EDC9#EDEBCA#EAEDCD#E6EEC9#EAEACF#EDEDCE#E7EFC7#E8ECC4#EEE6CA#E8EFCF#F0EAC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBC9  ·  #EAEBCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBCA?

#EAEBCA is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 202). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBCA?

#EAEBCA is RGB 234, 235, 202 — HSL 62°, 45%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 14%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBCA?

Its complement is #CCCBEB; analogous partners are #EBDCCB and #DAEBCB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBCA for text?

Black text on #EAEBCA has a contrast ratio of 17.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.