Palettes / Colors / #EBECDF

#EBECDF — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EBECDF 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 #EBECDF 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.

#EBECDF 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 #E0DFEC; it also sits naturally between #ECE7DF and #E4ECDF. 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 93% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 6% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBECDF

.text { color: #EBECDF; }
.background { background-color: #EBECDF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBECDF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 236, 223); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 25%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBECDF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 236, 223, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBECDF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 236, 223, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBECDF

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Tones of #EBECDF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E0DFEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBECDF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBECDF

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 #EBECDF 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 #EBECDF 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

← #EBECDE  ·  #EBECE0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBECDF?

#EBECDF is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 236, 223). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBECDF?

#EBECDF is RGB 235, 236, 223 — HSL 65°, 25%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 6%, 7%.

What colors go with #EBECDF?

Its complement is #E0DFEC; analogous partners are #ECE7DF and #E4ECDF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBECDF for text?

Black text on #EBECDF has a contrast ratio of 17.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.