Palettes / Colors / #EBEABD

#EBEABD — Pale Muted Yellow

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

#EBEABD 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 #BDBDEB; it also sits naturally between #EBD3BD and #D4EBBD. 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 92% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 20% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBEABD

.text { color: #EBEABD; }
.background { background-color: #EBEABD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBEABD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 234, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 53%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBEABD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 234, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBEABD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 234, 189, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBEABD

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDBDEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBEABD: #000000.

How #EBEABD 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 #EBEABD 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

← #EBEABC  ·  #EBEABE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBEABD?

#EBEABD is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 234, 189). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBEABD?

#EBEABD is RGB 235, 234, 189 — HSL 59°, 53%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 20%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBEABD?

Its complement is #BDBDEB; analogous partners are #EBD3BD and #D4EBBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBEABD for text?

Black text on #EBEABD has a contrast ratio of 17.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.