Palettes / Colors / #EBE8A8

#EBE8A8 — Light Yellow

#EBE8A8 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #EBE8A8 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.

#EBE8A8 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 #A8ABEB; it also sits naturally between #EBC6A8 and #CDEBA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 91% · Blue 66%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 29% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBE8A8

.text { color: #EBE8A8; }
.background { background-color: #EBE8A8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBE8A8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 232, 168); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 63%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBE8A8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 232, 168, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBE8A8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 232, 168, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBE8A8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBE8A8">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8ABEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBE8A8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBE8A8

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:

How #EBE8A8 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EBE8A8 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBE8A8?

#EBE8A8 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 232, 168). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBE8A8?

#EBE8A8 is RGB 235, 232, 168 — HSL 57°, 63%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 29%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBE8A8?

Its complement is #A8ABEB; analogous partners are #EBC6A8 and #CDEBA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBE8A8 for text?

Black text on #EBE8A8 has a contrast ratio of 16.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.