Palettes / Colors / #EAEBD8

#EAEBD8 — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAEBD8 is a yellow color we call Pale Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #EAEBD8 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.

#EAEBD8 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 #D8D7EA; it also sits naturally between #EAE1D7 and #DFEAD7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 85%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #EAEBD8

.text { color: #EAEBD8; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBD8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBD8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 216); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 32%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBD8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 216, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBD8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 216, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEBD8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEBD8">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D8D7EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAEBD8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBD8

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:

How #EAEBD8 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAEBD8 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBD7  ·  #EAEBD9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBD8?

#EAEBD8 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 216). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBD8?

#EAEBD8 is RGB 234, 235, 216 — HSL 63°, 32%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 8%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBD8?

Its complement is #D8D7EA; analogous partners are #EAE1D7 and #DFEAD7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBD8 for text?

Black text on #EAEBD8 has a contrast ratio of 17.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.