Palettes / Colors / #EBEADE

#EBEADE — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EBEADE is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #EBEADE 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.

#EBEADE 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 #DFE0EC; it also sits naturally between #ECE4DF and #E7ECDF. 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 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 6% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBEADE

.text { color: #EBEADE; }
.background { background-color: #EBEADE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBEADE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 234, 222); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 25%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBEADE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 234, 222, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBEADE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 234, 222, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBEADE

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #DFE0EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBEADE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBEADE

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 #EBEADE 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 #EBEADE 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

← #EBEADD  ·  #EBEADF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBEADE?

#EBEADE is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 234, 222). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBEADE?

#EBEADE is RGB 235, 234, 222 — HSL 55°, 25%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 6%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBEADE?

Its complement is #DFE0EC; analogous partners are #ECE4DF and #E7ECDF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBEADE for text?

Black text on #EBEADE has a contrast ratio of 17.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.