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#EBEFBC — Pale Yellow

#EBEFBC is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #EBEFBC 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.

#EBEFBC 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 #C1BDEF; it also sits naturally between #EFDABD and #D2EFBD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBEFBC · RGB 235, 239, 188

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Color values

HEX#EBEFBC
RGB235, 239, 188
HSL65°, 61%, 84%
HSV65°, 21%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 21%, 6%
XYZ74.20, 83.03, 59.69
Yxy83.03, 0.3421, 0.3827
CIE-Lab93.03, -9.54, 24.29
Hunter Lab91.12, -9.37, 20.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 74%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBEFBC

.text { color: #EBEFBC; }
.background { background-color: #EBEFBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBEFBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 239, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 61%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBEFBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 239, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBEFBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 239, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBEFBC

#E1E79C#D7DF7C#CDD75B#C3CF3A#A9B52C#8A9424#6C731C#4D5214#2E310C#0F1004

Tints of #EBEFBC

#ECF0C1#EDF1C6#F0F3CE#F1F4D2#F2F5D6#F4F6DA#F5F7DE#F7F9E6#F9FAEA#FAFBEF

Tones of #EBEFBC

#E8EBC1#E5E8C4#E2E4C8#DFE1CC#DCDDCF#D9DAD3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C1BDEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.61:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBEFBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBEFBC

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 #EBEFBC: ·

How #EBEFBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDC8Deuteranopia · #EDECCBTritanopia · #EBD2D4

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 #EBEFBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB
Vintage Ruby Dusk
#E7F2BF · #D9EA99 · #C5DF62 · #AED322
Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB
Palette 5b7e3c
#5B7E3C · #A2CB8B · #E8F5BD · #C44545
Palette 84b179
#84B179 · #A2CB8B · #C7EABB · #E8F5BD

Similar colors

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

#ECECBB#EFEDBB#E7F2BF#EFEABB#E8F5BD#EBE8BD#EAF2C3#F0F0C2#F2ECBE#EDF4C2#EDF7BD#E8ECC4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBEFBB  ·  #EBEFBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBEFBC?

#EBEFBC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 239, 188). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBEFBC?

#EBEFBC is RGB 235, 239, 188 — HSL 65°, 61%, 84% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 21%, 6%.

What colors go with #EBEFBC?

Its complement is #C1BDEF; analogous partners are #EFDABD and #D2EFBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBEFBC for text?

Black text on #EBEFBC has a contrast ratio of 17.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.