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#EAEBCD — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEBCD 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 #EAEBCD 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.

#EAEBCD 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 #CDCCEB; it also sits naturally between #EBDCCC and #DAEBCC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBCD · RGB 234, 235, 205

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Color values

HEX#EAEBCD
RGB234, 235, 205
HSL62°, 43%, 86%
HSV62°, 13%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 13%, 8%
XYZ74.66, 81.32, 69.52
Yxy81.32, 0.3311, 0.3606
CIE-Lab92.27, -5.35, 14.46
Hunter Lab90.18, -5.29, 12.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 13% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEBCD

.text { color: #EAEBCD; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBCD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBCD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 43%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBCD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBCD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 205, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEBCD

#DDDFAF#D1D392#C3C671#B7BB54#A1A441#848736#686A2A#47491D#2B2C11#0E0F06

Tints of #EAEBCD

#EBECD0#EDEED3#EEEFD7#F0F0DB#F1F2DE#F3F3E2#F4F5E5#F6F6E9#F7F8ED#F9F9F0

Tones of #EAEBCD

#E8E9CE#E6E6D0#E4E4D2#E1E2D5#DFE0D7#DDDDD9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDCCEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBCD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBCD

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 #EAEBCD: ·

How #EAEBCD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAD4Deuteranopia · #EAEAD6Tritanopia · #EADADB

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 #EAEBCD rather than the exact color:

Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Hidden Aurora
#A69531 · #53CCBA · #AC39BF · #EAEACF
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette 121435
#121435 · #FAF9F0 · #EDEBCA · #FF5722
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD

Similar colors

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

#EAECCC#EAEDCD#EAEACF#EDEDCE#EDEBCA#E9EDC9#E8EFCF#EBEFD0#EDE7CF#E8EDD2#ECE7D1#F0EBCE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBCC  ·  #EAEBCE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBCD?

#EAEBCD is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 205). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBCD?

#EAEBCD is RGB 234, 235, 205 — HSL 62°, 43%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 13%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBCD?

Its complement is #CDCCEB; analogous partners are #EBDCCC and #DAEBCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBCD for text?

Black text on #EAEBCD has a contrast ratio of 17.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.