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#EBDBAF — Light Yellow

#EBDBAF is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EBDBAF 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.

#EBDBAF 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 #ADBEEB; it also sits naturally between #EBBCAD and #DCEBAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBDBAF · RGB 235, 219, 175

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Color values

HEX#EBDBAF
RGB235, 219, 175
HSL44°, 60%, 80%
HSV44°, 26%, 92%
CMYK0%, 7%, 26%, 8%
XYZ67.33, 71.42, 50.79
Yxy71.42, 0.3552, 0.3768
CIE-Lab87.69, -1.22, 23.66
Hunter Lab84.51, -1.19, 19.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 86% · Blue 69%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 26% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBDBAF

.text { color: #EBDBAF; }
.background { background-color: #EBDBAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBDBAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 219, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 60%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBDBAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 219, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBDBAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 219, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBDBAF

#E2CC8D#DBBF70#D3B050#CCA333#AB892B#8B6F23#6E581C#4E3E13#31270C#100D04

Tints of #EBDBAF

#EDDEB6#EEE0BA#F0E3C2#F1E5C6#F3E9CE#F5EDD6#F6EEDA#F8F2E2#F9F4E7#FBF8EF

Tones of #EBDBAF

#E6D8B2#E2D6B6#DDD4BB#D9D2BF#D5D0C3#D1CEC7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADBEEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.37:1 Fails
Against black text15.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBDBAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBDBAF

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 #EBDBAF: ·

How #EBDBAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4BADeuteranopia · #E5E6BCTritanopia · #EAC2C4

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 #EBDBAF rather than the exact color:

Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0
Palette 001f3f
#001F3F · #3A6D8C · #6A9AB0 · #EAD8B1
Palette 7daacb
#7DAACB · #E8DBB3 · #FFFDEB · #CE2626
Palette D7c097
#D7C097 · #E7DEAF · #73AF6F · #007E6E
Palette 7ed7c1
#7ED7C1 · #F0DBAF · #DC8686 · #B06161
Gentle Ruby Tempest
#1E5CB1 · #7CB2E8 · #E3AB5D · #ECD8B3

Similar colors

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

#EADAB0#EAD8B1#E8DBB3#E7DEAF#F0DBAF#ECD8B3#EFDDB2#EBD9B4#EAD6AD#EFDCAB#EDDFB3#E8DDB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBDBAE  ·  #EBDBB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBDBAF?

#EBDBAF is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 219, 175). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBDBAF?

#EBDBAF is RGB 235, 219, 175 — HSL 44°, 60%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 26%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBDBAF?

Its complement is #ADBEEB; analogous partners are #EBBCAD and #DCEBAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBDBAF for text?

Black text on #EBDBAF has a contrast ratio of 15.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.37:1.