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#eaf4ba

a light, vivid green · warm · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Drift Fern

RGB
234, 244, 186
HSL
70°, 73%, 84%
CMYK
4, 0, 24, 4
Luminance
0.8574

#eaf4ba is a light vivid green, 70° on the wheel and 34/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.15:1). As text it scores 1.16:1 on white — use #6B7C14 instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(70 73% 84%)rgb(234 244 186)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eaf4ba is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eaf4ba
Hue
70°
green
Saturation
73%
vivid
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
92%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8574
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
34/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
18.15:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 5.1
Chroma
29.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.946
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 20.4
Web-safe
#FFFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue70° of 360°
Saturation73%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eaf4ba.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool34% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red20%
Green75%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eaf4ba
HEX (8-digit)#eaf4baff
RGBrgb(234, 244, 186)
RGBArgba(234, 244, 186, 1)
HSLhsl(70, 73%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(70, 24%, 96%)
HWBhwb(70 73% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 0%, 24%, 4%)
LABlab(94.2 -12.7 26.9)
LCHlch(94.2 29.8 115.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.946 0.076 115.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.14, 85.74, 59.04)
Decimal15398074
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.957 0.729)
Web-safe#FFFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eaf4ba;
background-color: #eaf4ba;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eaf4ba;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eaf4ba] bg-[#eaf4ba]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eaf4ba;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.957, blue: 0.729)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.957, blue: 0.729, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EAF4BA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEAF4BA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEAF4BA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(186, 244, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 244, 186)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 244, 186)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 244, 186)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.9569f, 0.7294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,244,186}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eaf4ba 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eaf4ba 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5E6E12, #E9EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eaf4ba h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFCF3;
  --brand-100: #F5F8E7;
  --brand-200: #eaf4ba;
  --brand-300: #E2F09E;
  --brand-400: #D3E86E;
  --brand-500: #C4E03D;
  --brand-600: #B5D322;
  --brand-700: #97B01C;
  --brand-800: #788D16;
  --brand-900: #586614;
  --brand-950: #37400D;
  --brand: #eaf4ba;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E5EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #E1EF9B;
  --brand-pressed: #D7EA7C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #222414;
    --brand-ink: #E9EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFCF3',
        100: '#F5F8E7',
        200: '#eaf4ba',
        300: '#E2F09E',
        400: '#D3E86E',
        500: '#C4E03D',
        600: '#B5D322',
        700: '#97B01C',
        800: '#788D16',
        900: '#586614',
        950: '#37400D',
        DEFAULT: '#eaf4ba',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFCF3,
  '100': #F5F8E7,
  '200': #eaf4ba,
  '300': #E2F09E,
  '400': #D3E86E,
  '500': #C4E03D,
  '600': #B5D322,
  '700': #97B01C,
  '800': #788D16,
  '900': #586614,
  '950': #37400D,
);
$brand-base: #eaf4ba;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eaf4ba", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E2F09E", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D3E86E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C4E03D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B5D322", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#97B01C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#788D16", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#586614", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#37400D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eaf4ba · 18.15:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.16:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.15:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eaf4ba as text scores 1.16:1 on white and 18.15:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5E6E12 at 4.88:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6B7C14 · 4.65:1
AA on white−56% L
#6B7C14
The quick fox
#505E0F · 7.12:1
AAA on white−63% L
#505E0F
The quick fox
#eaf4ba · 18.15:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eaf4ba
The quick fox
#eaf4ba · 18.15:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eaf4ba

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #859B19 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eaf4ba on white: 1.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eaf4ba on black: 18.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eaf4ba as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eaf4ba.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.16:1AaAa
Slate 501.11:1AaAa
Slate 1001.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.28:1AaAa
Slate 4002.22:1AaAa
Slate 5004.11:1AaAa
Slate 6006.55:1AaAa
Slate 7008.95:1AaAa
Slate 80012.64:1AaAa
Slate 90015.43:1AaAa
Black18.15:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FCEEB6
deuteranopia · #FBEFBC
tritanopia · #F1EDE4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eaf4ba is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFCF3
#F5F8E7
#eaf4ba
#E2F09E
#D3E86E
#C4E03D
#B5D322
#97B01C
#788D16
#586614
#37400D
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAFCF3Darkest = 950 · #37400DText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.019 115.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.030 115.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.045 115.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.059 115.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.070 115.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.076 115.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.076 115.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.071 115.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.064 115.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.053 115.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.042 115.8);
}

Colors that work with #eaf4ba

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E5EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8D9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1724B5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5E6E12
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8FBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#222414
Dark-mode background
Hover#E1EF9B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D7EA7C
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F1FAC9
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eaf4ba

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5E6E12
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #859B19

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight16/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#C4BAF4
Analogous left#F4E1BA
Analogous right#CDF4BA
Split-complement 1#BACDF4
Split-complement 2#E1BAF4
Triadic 1#BAEAF4
Triadic 2#F4BAEA
Tetradic#BAF4E1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°70°

#eaf4ba sits at 70°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green95.7%
Blue72.9%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
244
0xf4
B · 0–255
186
0xba

CMYK percentages

Cyan4.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow23.8%
Key (black)4.3%

Total ink coverage is 32%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eaf4ba text on a black background

contrast 18.15:1

Card sample

#eaf4ba text on a white background

contrast 1.16:1

Card sample

#eaf4ba on grey

1.06:1

#eaf4ba on its own surface

1.10:1

#eaf4ba on its dark surface

13.64:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eaf4ba;
Background color
Panel with #eaf4ba background
background-color: #eaf4ba;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eaf4ba;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 244, 186, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 244, 186, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eaf4ba;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaf4ba, #C3F4BA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eaf4ba, #BAF4BF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eaf4ba;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eaf4ba;
caret-color: #eaf4ba;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eaf4ba;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8FBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eaf4ba;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eaf4ba 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eaf4ba over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(234, 244, 186, 0.5)
rgb(234 244 186 / 50%)
#eaf4ba80
hsl(70 73% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eaf4ba 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eaf4ba1a#FDFEF8
20%#eaf4ba33#FBFDF1
40%#eaf4ba66#F7FBE3
60%#eaf4ba99#F2F8D6
80%#eaf4bacc#EEF6C8

Gradients from #eaf4ba

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAFCED, #eaf4ba 45%, #5E6E12);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eaf4ba, #A6F0A0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eaf4ba, #C4BAF4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBFDF2 0%, #eaf4ba 45%, #5E6E12 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FBF2E6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DDF8D4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5E6E12 0%, transparent 65%), #eaf4ba;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eaf4ba

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eaf4ba in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.15:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eaf4ba, answered

What color is #eaf4ba?

#eaf4ba is a light vivid green, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 5.1). It sits at 70° on the hue wheel with 73% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eaf4ba?

rgb(234, 244, 186) — 234 red, 244 green and 186 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 95.7% / 72.9% by channel.

What is #eaf4ba in HSL and HSV?

hsl(70, 73%, 84%) and hsv(70, 24%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eaf4ba a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8574 and perceived brightness is 92%, so black text on it reaches 18.15:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eaf4ba?

Black. It scores 18.15:1 against #eaf4ba, versus 1.16:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eaf4ba accessible on a white background?

#eaf4ba on white scores 1.16:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6B7C14 to reach 4.5:1, or #505E0F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eaf4ba?

#C4BAF4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BACDF4 and #E1BAF4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eaf4ba?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E5EDC0 for borders, #8D9B4B for secondary text, #1724B5 as an accent and #5E6E12 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F4E1BA and #CDF4BA stays calm, while #C4BAF4 is the loudest partner.

What is #eaf4ba in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 0%, 24%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eaf4ba warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 34 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F4E9BA; nudged cooler, #D5F5B9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eaf4ba?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 20.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eaf4ba as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eaf4ba in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eaf4ba] or text-[#eaf4ba], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eaf4ba with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 244, 186, 0.5), or #eaf4ba80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5FADD; over black, #757A5D.

Is #eaf4ba a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFCC, ΔE2000 4.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eaf4ba mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eaf4ba?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAFCED, #eaf4ba 45%, #5E6E12). For more colour, a short hue run to #A6F0A0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eaf4ba in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eaf4ba at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.