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#EAECCE — Pale Muted Yellow

#EAECCE 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 #EAECCE 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.

#EAECCE 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 #D1CFEC; it also sits naturally between #ECE0CF and #DCECCF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAECCE · RGB 234, 236, 206

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Color values

HEX#EAECCE
RGB234, 236, 206
HSL64°, 44%, 87%
HSV64°, 13%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 13%, 7%
XYZ75.07, 81.94, 70.25
Yxy81.94, 0.3303, 0.3606
CIE-Lab92.55, -5.70, 14.33
Hunter Lab90.52, -5.64, 12.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 81%

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

CSS code for #EAECCE

.text { color: #EAECCE; }
.background { background-color: #EAECCE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECCE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 44%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECCE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECCE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 206, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAECCE

#DEE1B2#D0D491#C3C973#B6BD56#A2A942#828835#666A29#4A4D1E#2A2C11#0E0F06

Tints of #EAECCE

#ECEED3#EEEFD7#EFF1DA#F1F2DE#F2F4E2#F2F4E2#F4F5E5#F6F6E9#F7F8ED#F9F9F0

Tones of #EAECCE

#E9EAD1#E7E8D4#E5E6D6#E3E4D8#E2E2DA#E0E0DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D1CFEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAECCE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECCE

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 #EAECCE: ·

How #EAECCE 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 · #EBEBD7Tritanopia · #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 #EAECCE 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 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:

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAECCD  ·  #EAECCF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECCE?

#EAECCE is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 206). Its closest standard named color is AntiqueWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECCE?

#EAECCE is RGB 234, 236, 206 — HSL 64°, 44%, 87% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 13%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAECCE?

Its complement is #D1CFEC; analogous partners are #ECE0CF and #DCECCF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECCE for text?

Black text on #EAECCE has a contrast ratio of 17.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.