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#eadeb8

a light, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Wheat

Token name suggestion: Morning Honey

RGB
234, 222, 184
HSL
46°, 54%, 82%
CMYK
0, 5, 21, 8
Luminance
0.7320

#eadeb8 is a light vivid yellow, 46° on the wheel and 13/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.64:1). As text it scores 1.34:1 on white — use #8A7229 instead. Nearest name is Wheat, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(46 54% 82%)rgb(234 222 184)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eadeb8 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eadeb8
Hue
46°
yellow
Saturation
54%
vivid
Lightness
82%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7320
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
13/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.64:1
Closest name
Wheat
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
20.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.901
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 20.6
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue46° of 360°
Saturation54%
Lightness82%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eadeb8.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool13% 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
Red24%
Green71%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#eadeb8
HEX (8-digit)#eadeb8ff
RGBrgb(234, 222, 184)
RGBArgba(234, 222, 184, 1)
HSLhsl(46, 54%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46, 21%, 92%)
HWBhwb(46 72% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 21%, 8%)
LABlab(88.5 -1.9 20.1)
LCHlch(88.5 20.2 95.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.901 0.052 92.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(68.70, 73.20, 55.85)
Decimal15392440
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.871 0.722)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eadeb8;
background-color: #eadeb8;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eadeb8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eadeb8] bg-[#eadeb8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eadeb8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.871, blue: 0.722)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.871, blue: 0.722, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EADEB8</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEADEB8)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEADEB8)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(184, 222, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 222, 184)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 222, 184)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 222, 184)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.8706f, 0.7216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,222,184}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eadeb8 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eadeb8 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#62521D, #EEE8D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eadeb8 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: #FBF9F4;
  --brand-100: #F6F3E9;
  --brand-200: #EEE6CE;
  --brand-300: #eadeb8;
  --brand-400: #D9C37D;
  --brand-500: #CCAE52;
  --brand-600: #BD9D38;
  --brand-700: #9D832F;
  --brand-800: #7E6925;
  --brand-900: #5C4D1F;
  --brand-950: #393013;
  --brand: #eadeb8;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F4;
  --brand-border: #ECE2C0;
  --brand-hover: #E2D19D;
  --brand-pressed: #DAC481;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242014;
    --brand-ink: #EEE8D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF9F4',
        100: '#F6F3E9',
        200: '#EEE6CE',
        300: '#eadeb8',
        400: '#D9C37D',
        500: '#CCAE52',
        600: '#BD9D38',
        700: '#9D832F',
        800: '#7E6925',
        900: '#5C4D1F',
        950: '#393013',
        DEFAULT: '#eadeb8',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF9F4,
  '100': #F6F3E9,
  '200': #EEE6CE,
  '300': #eadeb8,
  '400': #D9C37D,
  '500': #CCAE52,
  '600': #BD9D38,
  '700': #9D832F,
  '800': #7E6925,
  '900': #5C4D1F,
  '950': #393013,
);
$brand-base: #eadeb8;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF9F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6F3E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EEE6CE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#eadeb8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D9C37D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CCAE52", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BD9D38", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9D832F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7E6925", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5C4D1F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#393013", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eadeb8 · 15.64:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.34:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.64:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eadeb8 as text scores 1.34:1 on white and 15.64:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #62521D at 5.70:1.

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
#8A7229 · 4.65:1
AA on white−47% L
#8A7229
The quick fox
#66551E · 7.28:1
AAA on white−56% L
#66551E
The quick fox
#eadeb8 · 15.64:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eadeb8
The quick fox
#eadeb8 · 15.64:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eadeb8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #AD9033 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
#eadeb8 on white: 1.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eadeb8 on black: 15.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eadeb8 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eadeb8.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.34:1AaAa
Slate 501.28:1AaAa
Slate 1001.23:1AaAa
Slate 2001.09:1AaAa
Slate 3001.11:1AaAa
Slate 4001.91:1AaAa
Slate 5003.54:1AaAa
Slate 6005.64:1AaAa
Slate 7007.71:1AaAa
Slate 80010.89:1AaAa
Slate 90013.30:1AaAa
Black15.64:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E7DCB6
deuteranopia · #EAE0B9
tritanopia · #F2D8D3

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. #eadeb8 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF9F4
#F6F3E9
#EEE6CE
#eadeb8
#D9C37D
#CCAE52
#BD9D38
#9D832F
#7E6925
#5C4D1F
#393013
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FBF9F4Darkest = 950 · #393013Text step on white = 800
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 0.013 92.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.021 92.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.031 92.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.040 92.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.048 92.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.052 92.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.052 92.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.049 92.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.043 92.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.036 92.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.028 92.6);
}

Colors that work with #eadeb8

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#FAF9F4
Tinted page background
Border#ECE2C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B884B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2A66A2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#62521D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9F6EB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242014
Dark-mode background
Hover#E2D19D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DAC481
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F6F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F2E7C4
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eadeb8

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
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • 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 #62521D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #AD9033

Meaning and mood

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

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

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

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight18/100
  • 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#B8C4EA
Analogous left#EAC5B8
Analogous right#DDEAB8
Split-complement 1#B8DDEA
Split-complement 2#C5B8EA
Triadic 1#B8EADE
Triadic 2#DEB8EA
Tetradic#B8EAC5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°46°

#eadeb8 sits at 46°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green87.1%
Blue72.2%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
222
0xde
B · 0–255
184
0xb8

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta5.1%
Yellow21.4%
Key (black)8.2%

Total ink coverage is 35%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eadeb8 text on a black background

contrast 15.64:1

Card sample

#eadeb8 text on a white background

contrast 1.34:1

Card sample

#eadeb8 on grey

1.23:1

#eadeb8 on its own surface

1.27:1

#eadeb8 on its dark surface

12.11:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eadeb8;
Background color
Panel with #eadeb8 background
background-color: #eadeb8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eadeb8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 222, 184, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 222, 184, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eadeb8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eadeb8, #D5EAB8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eadeb8, #C8EAB8);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eadeb8;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eadeb8;
caret-color: #eadeb8;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eadeb8;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9F6EB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eadeb8;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eadeb8 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eadeb8 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, 222, 184, 0.5)
rgb(234 222 184 / 50%)
#eadeb880
hsl(46 54% 82% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eadeb8 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eadeb81a#FDFCF8
20%#eadeb833#FBF8F1
40%#eadeb866#F7F2E3
60%#eadeb899#F2EBD4
80%#eadeb8cc#EEE5C6

Gradients from #eadeb8

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, #F8F4E7, #eadeb8 45%, #62521D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eadeb8, #C1E3A1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eadeb8, #B8C4EA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCFAF3 0%, #eadeb8 45%, #62521D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF9F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F6E3E0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E6F1D0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #62521D 0%, transparent 65%), #eadeb8;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eadeb8

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.

#eadeb8 in the real world

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

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

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

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 15.64:1.

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.

#eadeb8, answered

What color is #eadeb8?

#eadeb8 is a light vivid yellow, closest to Wheat (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 46° on the hue wheel with 54% saturation and 82% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eadeb8?

rgb(234, 222, 184) — 234 red, 222 green and 184 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 87.1% / 72.2% by channel.

What is #eadeb8 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(46, 54%, 82%) and hsv(46, 21%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eadeb8 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7320 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 15.64:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eadeb8?

Black. It scores 15.64:1 against #eadeb8, versus 1.34:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eadeb8 accessible on a white background?

#eadeb8 on white scores 1.34:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #8A7229 to reach 4.5:1, or #66551E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eadeb8?

#B8C4EA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B8DDEA and #C5B8EA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eadeb8?

For interface work: #FAF9F4 as the surface, #ECE2C0 for borders, #9B884B for secondary text, #2A66A2 as an accent and #62521D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EAC5B8 and #DDEAB8 stays calm, while #B8C4EA is the loudest partner.

What is #eadeb8 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 5%, 21%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eadeb8 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 13 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EAD0B8; nudged cooler, #E4EBB7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eadeb8?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 20.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eadeb8 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eadeb8 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eadeb8] or text-[#eadeb8], 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 #eadeb8 with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 222, 184, 0.5), or #eadeb880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5EFDC; over black, #756F5C.

Is #eadeb8 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 23.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eadeb8 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eadeb8?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F4E7, #eadeb8 45%, #62521D). For more colour, a short hue run to #C1E3A1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eadeb8 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eadeb8 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.