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#EAEBE0 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EAEBE0 is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty 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 #EAEBE0 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.

#EAEBE0 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 #E1E0EB; it also sits naturally between #EBE6E0 and #E5EBE0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEBE0 · RGB 234, 235, 224

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Color values

HEX#EAEBE0
RGB234, 235, 224
HSL65°, 22%, 90%
HSV65°, 5%, 92%
CMYK0%, 0%, 5%, 8%
XYZ77.09, 82.29, 82.34
Yxy82.29, 0.3189, 0.3404
CIE-Lab92.70, -2.25, 5.20
Hunter Lab90.71, -2.24, 4.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 92% · Blue 88%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 5% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEBE0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEBE0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEBE0

.text { color: #EAEBE0; }
.background { background-color: #EAEBE0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEBE0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 235, 224); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 22%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEBE0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 235, 224, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEBE0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 235, 224, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEBE0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEBE0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEBE0

#D7D9C4#C7C9AB#B4B78F#A3A776#8E925D#73764C#5B5D3C#3F412A#27281A#0C0C08

Tints of #EAEBE0

#ECEDE3#ECEDE3#EEEFE6#EEEFE6#F0F1E9#F3F3EC#F3F3EC#F5F5EF#F5F5EF#F7F7F3

Tones of #EAEBE0

#EAEAE1#E9EAE1#E8E9E2#E7E8E3#E7E7E4#E6E6E5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E1E0EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.46:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEBE0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEBE0

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 #EAEBE0: ·

How #EAEBE0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAE3Deuteranopia · #EAEAE3Tritanopia · #EAE5E5

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAEBE0 rather than the exact color:

Palette A59d84
#A59D84 · #C1BAA1 · #D7D3BF · #ECEBDE
Palette 0b1849
#0B1849 · #124D1C · #E4B028 · #EBEDE3
Palette Bbdce5
#BBDCE5 · #ECEEDF · #D9C4B0 · #CFAB8D
Palette 579bb1
#579BB1 · #E1D7C6 · #ECE8DD · #F8F4EA
Palette Eeebdd
#EEEBDD · #810000 · #630000 · #1B1717
Palette Eeebdd
#EEEBDD · #CE1212 · #810000 · #1B1717

Similar colors

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

#ECEBDE#EBEDE3#ECEEDF#ECE8DD#EEEBDD#E7E7DE#EEEFE0#EDE8DC#EFECE3#EFE9E3#ECE8E5#E8EAE6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBDF  ·  #EAEBE1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEBE0?

#EAEBE0 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 235, 224). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEBE0?

#EAEBE0 is RGB 234, 235, 224 — HSL 65°, 22%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 5%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAEBE0?

Its complement is #E1E0EB; analogous partners are #EBE6E0 and #E5EBE0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEBE0 for text?

Black text on #EAEBE0 has a contrast ratio of 17.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.