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#EAECCD — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAECCD 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 #EAECCD 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.

#EAECCD 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 #CDCBEB; it also sits naturally between #EBDDCB and #D9EBCB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAECCD · RGB 234, 236, 205

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Color values

HEX#EAECCD
RGB234, 236, 205
HSL64°, 45%, 86%
HSV64°, 13%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 13%, 7%
XYZ74.95, 81.89, 69.61
Yxy81.89, 0.3310, 0.3616
CIE-Lab92.53, -5.86, 14.82
Hunter Lab90.49, -5.79, 13.30

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 80%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 13% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAECCD

.text { color: #EAECCD; }
.background { background-color: #EAECCD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECCD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 45%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECCD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECCD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 205, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAECCD

#DDE0AE#D0D590#C2C86F#B6BD51#A0A63F#838934#676B29#474A1C#2B2C11#0E0F06

Tints of #EAECCD

#EBEDCF#ECEED3#EEF0D6#EFF1DA#F1F2DE#F3F4E1#F4F5E5#F6F7E9#F7F8ED#F9F9F0

Tones of #EAECCD

#E7E9CD#E5E7D0#E3E5D2#E1E2D5#DFE0D7#DDDDD9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDCBEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.38:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAECCD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECCD

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 #EAECCD: ·

How #EAECCD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBD5Deuteranopia · #EBEBD6Tritanopia · #EADADC

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 #EAECCD rather than the exact color:

Golden Twilight
#35268F · #6160D4 · #CAD971 · #EAEDCD
Palette C3e2c2
#C3E2C2 · #EAECCC · #DBCC95 · #CD8D7A
Hidden Aurora
#A69531 · #53CCBA · #AC39BF · #EAEACF
Palette 0c2c55
#0C2C55 · #296374 · #629FAD · #EDEDCE
Palette Dba979
#DBA979 · #ECCA9C · #E8EFCF · #AFD198
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD

Similar colors

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

#EAEDCD#EAECCC#EAEACF#EDEDCE#E8EFCF#E9EDC9#EDEBCA#EBEFD0#E8EDD2#E6EEC9#F0EBCE#EDE7CF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAECCC  ·  #EAECCE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECCD?

#EAECCD is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 205). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECCD?

#EAECCD is RGB 234, 236, 205 — HSL 64°, 45%, 86% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 13%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAECCD?

Its complement is #CDCBEB; analogous partners are #EBDDCB and #D9EBCB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECCD for text?

Black text on #EAECCD has a contrast ratio of 17.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.