#EBEBDA

sRGB: 235 / 235 / 218

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#EBEBDA belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 235 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 60.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 29.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.8% 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 (17.43:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 235, 218
HSL: 60.00°, 29.82%, 88.82%
HSV / HSB: 60.00°, 7.23%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.00%, 7.23%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.621, 82.141, 78.150
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.637, -2.918, 8.249
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82141
24-bit decimal: 15461338

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 #EBEBDA 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: 17.43:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.20:1

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

#DADAEB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBEBDA 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.

#EBEBDA #DADAEB

Analogous

#EBE3DA and #E3EBDA sit 30° to either side of #EBEBDA. 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.

#EBE3DA #EBEBDA #E3EBDA

Triadic

#EBEBDA, #DAEBEB and #EBDAEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBEBDA #DAEBEB #EBDAEB

Split complementary

Start at #EBEBDA and look across the wheel. #DAE3EB and #E3DAEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBEBDA #DAE3EB #E3DAEB

Square

Starting with #EBEBDA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DAEBE3, #DADAEB, then #EBDAE3. Across the square, #EBEBDA pairs with #DADAEB, and #DAEBE3 with #EBDAE3.

#EBEBDA #DAEBE3 #DADAEB #EBDAE3

Tetradic

#EBEBDA and #DADAEB are opposites, as are #DAEBDA and #EBDAEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBEBDA #DAEBDA #DADAEB #EBDAEB

Tints

Mixing #EBEBDA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFEFE1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBEBDA #EFEFE1 #F3F3E9 #F7F7F0 #FBFBF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBEBDA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCBCAE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBEBDA #BCBCAE #8D8D83 #5E5E57 #2F2F2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBEBDA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D6C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #959592, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBEBDA #D6D6C8 #C0C0B6 #ABABA4 #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

#EBEBDA

RGB

rgb(235 235 218)

HSL

hsl(60.000 29.825% 88.824%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBEBDA uses 235 red, 235 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 92.2%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBEBDA is 0.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 7.2% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 7.2%

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 #EBEBDA 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

#EBEBDA #E8E8DD #E5E5E0 #E3E3E3 #E0E0E5 #DDDDE8 #DADAEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBEBDA 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.

#EEE9D9

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.

#EFEADB

Tritanopia

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

#EEE9E6

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.

#EDEADA

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.

#EDEADA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECEADE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EAEAEA

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.

#EAEAE2

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 0.83077 B 0.70110

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 0.92157 G 0.92157 B 0.86115

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.83077 G 0.83077 B 0.71270

CIE xyY

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

x 0.323 y 0.347 Y 82.141

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 7.843 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11101011 11011010