#EAECBC

sRGB · 234 / 236 / 188

#EAECBC belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 234 red, 236 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 62.5° lands in the yellow region. Its 55.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.22:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 234, 236, 188
HSL: 62.50°, 55.81%, 83.14%
HSV / HSB: 62.50°, 20.34%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.85%, 0.00%, 20.34%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.001, 81.114, 59.390
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.183, -8.406, 23.123
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81114
24-bit decimal: 15396028

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EAECBC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 17.22:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.22:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BEBCEC sits half a turn (180°) from #EAECBC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EAECBC #BEBCEC

Analogous

#ECD6BC and #D2ECBC sit 30° to either side of #EAECBC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#ECD6BC #EAECBC #D2ECBC

Triadic

#EAECBC, #BCEAEC and #ECBCEA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EAECBC #BCEAEC #ECBCEA

Split complementary

Start at #EAECBC and look across the wheel. #BCD2EC and #D6BCEC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EAECBC #BCD2EC #D6BCEC

Square

Starting with #EAECBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCECD6, #BEBCEC, then #ECBCD2. Across the square, #EAECBC pairs with #BEBCEC, and #BCECD6 with #ECBCD2.

#EAECBC #BCECD6 #BEBCEC #ECBCD2

Tetradic

#EAECBC and #BEBCEC are opposites, as are #BCECBE and #ECBCEA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EAECBC #BCECBE #BEBCEC #ECBCEA

Tints

Mixing #EAECBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EEF0C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EAECBC #EEF0C9 #F2F4D7 #F7F7E4 #FBFBF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EAECBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BBBD96, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F26, the mixture is 80% black.

#EAECBC #BBBD96 #8C8E71 #5E5E4B #2F2F26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EAECBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5D6B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #95968C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EAECBC #D5D6B0 #C0C1A4 #AAAB98 #95968C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EAECBC

RGB

rgb(234 236 188)

HSL

hsl(62.500 55.814% 83.137%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EAECBC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EAECBC uses 234 red, 236 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 91.8%

Green 92.5%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EAECBC is 0.8% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 20.3% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.8%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 20.3%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EEB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EAECBC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #EEEEBB Nearest web-safe · #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EAECBC #E3E4C4 #DBDCCC #D4D4D4 #CDCCDC #C5C4E4 #BEBCEC

Color vision previews

Compare how #EAECBC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F4E8B9

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#F5E9BE

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F1E6DF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F1E9BB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F1EABD

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#ECEACA

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E9E9E9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E9EAD4

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.82279 G 0.83880 B 0.50289

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.91905 G 0.92523 B 0.75648

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.82563 G 0.83827 B 0.53267

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.342 y 0.380 Y 81.114

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 8.235 M % 7.451 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101010 11101100 10111100