#EBEAD8

sRGB: 235 / 234 / 216

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Immortal legends awaken beneath celestial skies
Fierce revelations carry promises of spring

#EBEAD8 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 234 green and 216 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 56.8° lands in the yellow region. Its 32.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.4% 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 (17.29:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 234, 216
HSL: 56.84°, 32.20%, 88.43%
HSV / HSB: 56.84°, 8.09%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.43%, 8.09%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.075, 81.466, 76.685
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.339, -2.739, 8.861
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81466
24-bit decimal: 15461080

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 #EBEAD8 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: 17.29:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.21:1

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.

Reference: 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

#D8D9EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBEAD8 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.

#EBEAD8 #D8D9EB

Analogous

#EBE1D8 and #E3EBD8 sit 30° to either side of #EBEAD8. 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.

#EBE1D8 #EBEAD8 #E3EBD8

Triadic

#EBEAD8, #D8EBEA and #EAD8EB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBEAD8 #D8EBEA #EAD8EB

Split complementary

Start at #EBEAD8 and look across the wheel. #D8E3EB and #E1D8EB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBEAD8 #D8E3EB #E1D8EB

Square

Starting with #EBEAD8, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D8EBE1, #D8D9EB, then #EBD8E3. Across the square, #EBEAD8 pairs with #D8D9EB, and #D8EBE1 with #EBD8E3.

#EBEAD8 #D8EBE1 #D8D9EB #EBD8E3

Tetradic

#EBEAD8 and #D8D9EB are opposites, as are #D9EBD8 and #EAD8EB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBEAD8 #D9EBD8 #D8D9EB #EAD8EB

Tints

Mixing #EBEAD8 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFEEE0, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBF7, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBEAD8 #EFEEE0 #F3F2E8 #F7F7EF #FBFBF7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBEAD8 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCBBAD, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBEAD8 #BCBBAD #8D8C82 #5E5E56 #2F2F2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBEAD8 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D5C6, keeps 80% of the original. By #959592, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBEAD8 #D6D5C6 #C0C0B5 #ABAAA3 #959592 #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

#EBEAD8

RGB

rgb(235 234 216)

HSL

hsl(56.842 32.203% 88.431%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EBEAD8;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBEAD8 uses 235 red, 234 green and 216 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 91.8%

Blue 84.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBEAD8 is 0.0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 8.1% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.4%

Yellow 8.1%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EED in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EBEAD8 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEDD Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EBEAD8 #E8E7DB #E5E4DE #E2E2E2 #DEDFE5 #DBDCE8 #D8D9EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBEAD8 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.

#EEE8D7

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.

#EEE9D9

Tritanopia

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

#EEE7E5

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.

#EDE9D8

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.

#EDEAD8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECE9DD

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.

#EAE9E1

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.83077 G 0.82279 B 0.68669

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 0.92087 G 0.91778 B 0.85376

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.82935 G 0.82305 B 0.69900

CIE xyY

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

x 0.325 y 0.348 Y 81.466

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 8.235 Y % 15.294

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11101010 11011000