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#EAECB1 — Light Yellow

#EAECB1 is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #EAECB1 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.

#EAECB1 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 #B3B1EC; it also sits naturally between #ECD1B1 and #CDECB1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAECB1 · RGB 234, 236, 177

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Color values

HEX#EAECB1
RGB234, 236, 177
HSL62°, 61%, 81%
HSV62°, 25%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 25%, 7%
XYZ71.86, 80.66, 53.38
Yxy80.66, 0.3490, 0.3917
CIE-Lab91.98, -9.92, 28.47
Hunter Lab89.81, -9.69, 23.62

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 69%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAECB1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAECB1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAECB1

.text { color: #EAECB1; }
.background { background-color: #EAECB1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECB1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 177); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 61%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECB1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 177, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECB1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 177, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAECB1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAECB1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAECB1

#E1E490#DADD73#D1D553#C8CD32#ACB12B#8C9023#6C6F1B#4C4E13#30310C#101004

Tints of #EAECB1

#ECEEB9#EDEFBD#F0F1C6#F1F2CA#F3F4D2#F4F5D6#F6F7DE#F7F8E2#FAFAEA#FBFBEF

Tones of #EAECB1

#E6E8B5#E2E4B9#DEE0BE#DADBC2#D6D7C6#D3D3CA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3B1EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAECB1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECB1

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 #EAECB1: ·

How #EAECB1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBBFDeuteranopia · #EBEBC3Tritanopia · #EACBCD

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 #EAECB1 rather than the exact color:

Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049
Palette 3c6255
#3C6255 · #61876E · #A6BB8D · #EAE7B1
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Palette 22177a
#22177A · #605EA1 · #8EA3A6 · #E6E9AF

Similar colors

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

#ECEDB0#EEECB1#ECE8AF#EAE7B1#E5EBB2#E6E9AF#E8EDAC#EFECB4#E3EEB2#EBE5AE#F0F1B3#E8E7AB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAECB0  ·  #EAECB2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECB1?

#EAECB1 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 177). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECB1?

#EAECB1 is RGB 234, 236, 177 — HSL 62°, 61%, 81% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 25%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAECB1?

Its complement is #B3B1EC; analogous partners are #ECD1B1 and #CDECB1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECB1 for text?

Black text on #EAECB1 has a contrast ratio of 17.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.