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#EAEFB3 — Pale Yellow

#EAEFB3 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 #EAEFB3 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.

#EAEFB3 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 #B8B3EF; it also sits naturally between #EFD6B3 and #CCEFB3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEFB3 · RGB 234, 239, 179

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Color values

HEX#EAEFB3
RGB234, 239, 179
HSL65°, 65%, 82%
HSV65°, 25%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 25%, 6%
XYZ72.93, 82.48, 54.72
Yxy82.48, 0.3471, 0.3925
CIE-Lab92.79, -11.15, 28.55
Hunter Lab90.82, -10.90, 23.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 70%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEFB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEFB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEFB3

.text { color: #EAEFB3; }
.background { background-color: #EAEFB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEFB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 239, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 65%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEFB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 239, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEFB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 239, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEFB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEFB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEFB3

#E1E892#D7E170#CFDA52#C6D331#A9B526#8A931F#6A7218#4F5412#2F320B#101104

Tints of #EAEFB3

#EBF0B7#EDF2C0#EFF3C4#F1F4CD#F2F5D1#F3F6D5#F6F8DD#F7F9E2#F9FBEA#FAFBEE

Tones of #EAEFB3

#E7EBB7#E3E6BC#DFE2C0#DCDEC4#D8DAC8#D5D5CD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B8B3EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEFB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEFB3

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 #EAEFB3: ·

How #EAEFB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECC2Deuteranopia · #ECECC5Tritanopia · #EACDD0

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 #EAEFB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Dreamy Petal
#1A2EAF · #7468E8 · #CCB51E · #EFECB4
Palette A3a7e4
#A3A7E4 · #BAE2BE · #F0F1B3 · #C5E5E3
Palette Ff8787
#FF8787 · #F8C4B4 · #E5EBB2 · #BCE29E
Palette 332d56
#332D56 · #4E6688 · #71C0BB · #E3EEB2

Similar colors

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

#ECEDB0#EEECB1#EFECB4#F0F1B3#E5EBB2#E3EEB2#E4F3B4#E8EDAC#E3F0AF#EAE7B1#E6E9AF#ECE8AF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEFB2  ·  #EAEFB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEFB3?

#EAEFB3 is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 239, 179). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEFB3?

#EAEFB3 is RGB 234, 239, 179 — HSL 65°, 65%, 82% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 25%, 6%.

What colors go with #EAEFB3?

Its complement is #B8B3EF; analogous partners are #EFD6B3 and #CCEFB3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEFB3 for text?

Black text on #EAEFB3 has a contrast ratio of 17.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.