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#EAEDBC — Pale Yellow

#EAEDBC is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #EAEDBC 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.

#EAEDBC 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 #BEBBED; it also sits naturally between #EDD7BB and #D0EDBB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEDBC · RGB 234, 237, 188

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Color values

HEX#EAEDBC
RGB234, 237, 188
HSL64°, 58%, 83%
HSV64°, 21%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 21%, 7%
XYZ73.29, 81.69, 59.48
Yxy81.69, 0.3417, 0.3809
CIE-Lab92.44, -8.90, 23.47
Hunter Lab90.38, -8.73, 20.07

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 74%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEDBC

.text { color: #EAEDBC; }
.background { background-color: #EAEDBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEDBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 237, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 58%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEDBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 237, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEDBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 237, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEDBC

#DFE49A#D5DC7A#CBD35A#C1CB3A#A9B12F#8A9127#6B711E#4D5115#2E300D#0F1004

Tints of #EAEDBC

#EBEEBF#EDF0C7#EFF1CB#F0F2CF#F2F4D7#F4F5DB#F5F6DF#F6F8E3#F9FAEB#FAFBEF

Tones of #EAEDBC

#E6E9BE#E3E5C2#E0E2C5#DDDEC9#DADBCC#D7D7D0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEBBED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEDBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEDBC

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 #EAEDBC: ·

How #EAEDBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBC8Deuteranopia · #EBEBCBTritanopia · #EAD1D3

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 #EAEDBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB
Smoky Harbor
#1B347B · #6D95DF · #D6B146 · #EBE8BD
Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB
Vintage Ruby Dusk
#E7F2BF · #D9EA99 · #C5DF62 · #AED322
Palette B5e18b
#B5E18B · #F0FFC2 · #EAE6BC · #28396C

Similar colors

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

#ECECBB#EFEDBB#EBE8BD#EFEABB#E7F2BF#EAE6BC#E4E9BE#E8ECC4#E8F5BD#F2ECBE#EAF2C3#F0F0C2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEDBB  ·  #EAEDBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEDBC?

#EAEDBC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 237, 188). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEDBC?

#EAEDBC is RGB 234, 237, 188 — HSL 64°, 58%, 83% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 21%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEDBC?

Its complement is #BEBBED; analogous partners are #EDD7BB and #D0EDBB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEDBC for text?

Black text on #EAEDBC has a contrast ratio of 17.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.