Palettes / Colors / #EBECE3

#EBECE3 — Pale Dusty Yellow

#EBECE3 is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

#EBECE3 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 #E5E4EC; it also sits naturally between #ECE9E4 and #E7ECE4. 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 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 4% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBECE3

.text { color: #EBECE3; }
.background { background-color: #EBECE3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBECE3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 236, 227); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(67, 19%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBECE3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 236, 227, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBECE3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 236, 227, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBECE3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBECE3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBECE3

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5E4EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBECE3: #000000.

How #EBECE3 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 #EBECE3 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

← #EBECE2  ·  #EBECE4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBECE3?

#EBECE3 is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 236, 227). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBECE3?

#EBECE3 is RGB 235, 236, 227 — HSL 67°, 19%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 4%, 7%.

What colors go with #EBECE3?

Its complement is #E5E4EC; analogous partners are #ECE9E4 and #E7ECE4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBECE3 for text?

Black text on #EBECE3 has a contrast ratio of 17.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.