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#EBECAC — Light Yellow

#EBECAC 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 #EBECAC 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.

#EBECAC 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 #ADACEC; it also sits naturally between #ECCDAC and #CBECAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBECAC · RGB 235, 236, 172

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Color values

HEX#EBECAC
RGB235, 236, 172
HSL61°, 63%, 80%
HSV61°, 27%, 93%
CMYK0%, 0%, 27%, 7%
XYZ71.70, 80.63, 50.81
Yxy80.63, 0.3530, 0.3969
CIE-Lab91.97, -10.21, 31.02
Hunter Lab89.80, -9.97, 25.36

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 27% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBECAC

.text { color: #EBECAC; }
.background { background-color: #EBECAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBECAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 236, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 63%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBECAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 236, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBECAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 236, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBECAC

#E3E58B#DCDE6E#D4D64C#CDD02F#ACAF28#8C8D20#6F7019#4E4F12#31320B#101104

Tints of #EBECAC

#EDEEB4#EEEFB8#F0F1C1#F1F2C5#F3F4CD#F5F6D5#F6F7DA#F8F8E2#F9F9E6#FBFBEE

Tones of #EBECAC

#E7E8B0#E2E3B5#DEDEBA#D9DABE#D5D5C3#D0D1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADACEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBECAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBECAC

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 #EBECAC: ·

How #EBECAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBBBDeuteranopia · #EBEBBFTritanopia · #EBC8CA

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 #EBECAC rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Monsoon
#141B87 · #4C71E5 · #DED220 · #E8EDAC
Palette D6d85d
#D6D85D · #ECEDB0 · #EAD8A4 · #F68537
Crystal Ruby
#D98327 · #ECE8AF · #4A943E · #186049
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Palette Ff8a8a
#FF8A8A · #F4DEB3 · #F0EAAC · #CCE0AC
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1

Similar colors

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

#E8EDAC#ECEDB0#ECE8AF#ECEBA7#F0EAAC#EEECB1#E8E7AB#E6E9AF#EAE7B1#EBE5AE#E7F0A6#E5EBB2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBECAB  ·  #EBECAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBECAC?

#EBECAC is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 236, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBECAC?

#EBECAC is RGB 235, 236, 172 — HSL 61°, 63%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 27%, 7%.

What colors go with #EBECAC?

Its complement is #ADACEC; analogous partners are #ECCDAC and #CBECAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBECAC for text?

Black text on #EBECAC has a contrast ratio of 17.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.