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#EBE8DB Color

#EBE8DB is rgb(235, 232, 219) in RGB, hsl(49, 29%, 89%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 1%, 7%, 8%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Alabaster (#EDEAE0), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.7. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#EBE8DB
HEX#EBE8DB
RGBrgb(235, 232, 219)
HSLhsl(49, 29%, 89%)
HSVhsv(49, 7%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1%, 7%, 8%)
OKLCHoklch(93% 0.018 96.1)
LABlab(91.97% -0.61 6.72)
LCHlch(91.97% 6.75 95.21)

What #EBE8DB Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #EBE8DB, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every yellow in the library.

#EBE8DB Channel Values

How #EBE8DB breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 235 · G 232 · B 2198-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 49° · S 29% · L 89%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 49° · S 7% · V 92%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 1% · Y 7% · K 8%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.23:1 vs white · 17.1:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #EBE8DB background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.23:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text17.1:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #EBE8DB

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #EBE8DB; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #EBE8DB

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #EBE8DB.

How #EBE8DB Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#EBE8DB
Protanopia#E9E9DB
Protanomaly#EAE8DB
Deuteranopia#E9E9DB
Deuteranomaly#EAE9DB
Tritanopia#EDE6E6
Tritanomaly#ECE7E2
Achromatopsia#E8E8E8

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #EBE8DB in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-ebe8db: #EBE8DB;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #EBE8DB;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-ebe8db': '#EBE8DB' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.910, blue: 0.859)
Android XML<color name="color_ebe8db">#EBE8DB</color>
SVG fillfill="#EBE8DB"

More Yellow Colors

#EBE8DB sits in the yellow family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#EBE8DB Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #EBE8DB?

#EBE8DB is a lightest yellow — rgb(235, 232, 219) in RGB and hsl(49, 29%, 89%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Alabaster (#EDEAE0), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.7.

What is the RGB value of #EBE8DB?

#EBE8DB is rgb(235, 232, 219) — red 235, green 232, and blue 219 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #EBE8DB?

#EBE8DB converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 1%, 7%, 8%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #EBE8DB be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #EBE8DB scores 1.23:1 against white and 17.1:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #EBE8DB as a CSS color keyword?

No. #EBE8DB is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is linen (#FAF0E6) at a CIE76 distance of 4.49, which is very hard to tell apart.

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