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#EAEBCE — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEBCE 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 #EAEBCE 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.

#EAEBCE 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 #CDCCEA; it also sits naturally between #EADCCC and #DAEACC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBCE · RGB 234, 235, 206

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Color values

HEX#EAEBCE
RGB234, 235, 206
HSL62°, 42%, 86%
HSV62°, 12%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 12%, 8%
XYZ74.78, 81.37, 70.16
Yxy81.37, 0.3304, 0.3595
CIE-Lab92.29, -5.20, 13.97
Hunter Lab90.20, -5.14, 12.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 81%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEBCE

.text { color: #EAEBCE; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBCE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBCE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 42%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBCE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBCE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 206, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEBCE

#DDDEAF#D0D392#C3C572#B6B955#A0A343#838637#67692B#47481E#2B2B12#0E0E06

Tints of #EAEBCE

#EBECD0#ECEDD4#EEEFD7#EFF0DB#F1F2DE#F3F3E2#F4F5E6#F6F6E9#F7F8ED#F9F9F1

Tones of #EAEBCE

#E7E8CE#E5E6D1#E3E4D3#E1E2D5#DFE0D7#DDDDD9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDCCEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBCE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBCE

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 #EAEBCE: ·

How #EAEBCE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAD5Deuteranopia · #EAEAD7Tritanopia · #EADBDC

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 #EAEBCE rather than the exact color:

Hidden Aurora
#A69531 · #53CCBA · #AC39BF · #EAEACF
Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette Ebefd0
#EBEFD0 · #32DBC6 · #49BEB7 · #FF502F
Palette Dba979
#DBA979 · #ECCA9C · #E8EFCF · #AFD198

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBCD  ·  #EAEBCF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBCE?

#EAEBCE is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 206). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBCE?

#EAEBCE is RGB 234, 235, 206 — HSL 62°, 42%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 12%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBCE?

Its complement is #CDCCEA; analogous partners are #EADCCC and #DAEACC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBCE for text?

Black text on #EAEBCE has a contrast ratio of 17.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.