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#eaf3bc

a light, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Light Goldenrod Yellow

Token name suggestion: Morning Brass

RGB
234, 243, 188
HSL
70°, 70%, 85%
CMYK
4, 0, 23, 5
Luminance
0.8522

#eaf3bc is a light vivid yellow, 70° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.04:1). As text it scores 1.16:1 on white — use #6B7B16 instead. Nearest name is Light Goldenrod Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(70 70% 85%)rgb(234 243 188)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eaf3bc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eaf3bc
Hue
70°
yellow
Saturation
70%
vivid
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
92%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8522
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
18.04:1
Closest name
Light Goldenrod Yellow
ΔE2000 5
Chroma
28.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.944
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 20.8
Web-safe
#FFFFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue70° of 360°
Saturation70%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eaf3bc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% 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
Red21%
Green75%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#eaf3bc
HEX (8-digit)#eaf3bcff
RGBrgb(234, 243, 188)
RGBArgba(234, 243, 188, 1)
HSLhsl(70, 70%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(70, 23%, 95%)
HWBhwb(70 74% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 0%, 23%, 5%)
LABlab(94.0 -11.9 25.6)
LCHlch(94.0 28.2 114.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.944 0.072 115.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.06, 85.22, 60.06)
Decimal15397820
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.953 0.737)
Web-safe#FFFFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eaf3bc;
background-color: #eaf3bc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eaf3bc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eaf3bc] bg-[#eaf3bc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eaf3bc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.953, blue: 0.737)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.953, blue: 0.737, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EAF3BC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEAF3BC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEAF3BC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(188, 243, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 243, 188)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 243, 188)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 243, 188)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.9529f, 0.7373f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,243,188}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eaf3bc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eaf3bc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5E6C13, #EAEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eaf3bc 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: #eaf3bc;
  --brand-300: #E1EEA0;
  --brand-400: #D2E570;
  --brand-500: #C3DD41;
  --brand-600: #B4D025;
  --brand-700: #96AD1F;
  --brand-800: #788A19;
  --brand-900: #586416;
  --brand-950: #373F0E;
  --brand: #eaf3bc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E5EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #E1EE9E;
  --brand-pressed: #D7E87F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #222414;
    --brand-ink: #EAEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFCF3',
        100: '#F5F8E7',
        200: '#eaf3bc',
        300: '#E1EEA0',
        400: '#D2E570',
        500: '#C3DD41',
        600: '#B4D025',
        700: '#96AD1F',
        800: '#788A19',
        900: '#586416',
        950: '#373F0E',
        DEFAULT: '#eaf3bc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFCF3,
  '100': #F5F8E7,
  '200': #eaf3bc,
  '300': #E1EEA0,
  '400': #D2E570,
  '500': #C3DD41,
  '600': #B4D025,
  '700': #96AD1F,
  '800': #788A19,
  '900': #586416,
  '950': #373F0E,
);
$brand-base: #eaf3bc;
$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": "#eaf3bc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E1EEA0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D2E570", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C3DD41", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B4D025", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#96AD1F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#788A19", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#586416", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#373F0E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eaf3bc · 18.04:1
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 · 18.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eaf3bc as text scores 1.16:1 on white and 18.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5E6C13 at 4.97:1.

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
#6B7B16 · 4.70:1
AA on white−56% L
#6B7B16
The quick fox
#515D11 · 7.18:1
AAA on white−63% L
#515D11
The quick fox
#eaf3bc · 18.04:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eaf3bc
The quick fox
#eaf3bc · 18.04:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eaf3bc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #899E1C 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
#eaf3bc on white: 1.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eaf3bc on black: 18.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eaf3bc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eaf3bc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.16:1AaAa
Slate 501.11:1AaAa
Slate 1001.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.28:1AaAa
Slate 4002.20:1AaAa
Slate 5004.09:1AaAa
Slate 6006.51:1AaAa
Slate 7008.90:1AaAa
Slate 80012.57:1AaAa
Slate 90015.34:1AaAa
Black18.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FBEDB9
deuteranopia · #FAEEBE
tritanopia · #F0EDE4

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. #eaf3bc 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
#eaf3bc
#E1EEA0
#D2E570
#C3DD41
#B4D025
#96AD1F
#788A19
#586416
#373F0E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAFCF3Darkest = 950 · #373F0EText 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 0.018 115.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.029 115.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.043 115.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.056 115.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.066 115.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.072 115.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.072 115.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.068 115.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.060 115.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.050 115.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.040 115.3);
}

Colors that work with #eaf3bc

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#8E9B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1A27B2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5E6C13
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8FBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#222414
Dark-mode background
Hover#E1EE9E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D7E87F
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F7F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F1F9CA
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 #eaf3bc

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 #5E6C13
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #899E1C

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
  • 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#C5BCF3
Analogous left#F3E0BC
Analogous right#CEF3BC
Split-complement 1#BCCEF3
Split-complement 2#E0BCF3
Triadic 1#BCEAF3
Triadic 2#F3BCEA
Tetradic#BCF3E0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°70°

#eaf3bc sits at 70°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green95.3%
Blue73.7%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
243
0xf3
B · 0–255
188
0xbc

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow22.6%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 31%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eaf3bc text on a black background

contrast 18.04:1

Card sample

#eaf3bc text on a white background

contrast 1.16:1

Card sample

#eaf3bc on grey

1.06:1

#eaf3bc on its own surface

1.11:1

#eaf3bc on its dark surface

13.56:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eaf3bc;
Background color
Panel with #eaf3bc background
background-color: #eaf3bc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eaf3bc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 243, 188, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 243, 188, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eaf3bc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eaf3bc, #C5F3BC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eaf3bc, #BCF3C0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eaf3bc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eaf3bc;
caret-color: #eaf3bc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eaf3bc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8FBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eaf3bc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eaf3bc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eaf3bc 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, 243, 188, 0.5)
rgb(234 243 188 / 50%)
#eaf3bc80
hsl(70 70% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eaf3bc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eaf3bc1a#FDFEF8
20%#eaf3bc33#FBFDF2
40%#eaf3bc66#F7FAE4
60%#eaf3bc99#F2F8D7
80%#eaf3bccc#EEF5C9

Gradients from #eaf3bc

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, #FAFCEE, #eaf3bc 45%, #5E6C13);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eaf3bc, #A9EEA2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eaf3bc, #C5BCF3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBFDF2 0%, #eaf3bc 45%, #5E6C13 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%, #FBF3E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DEF8D6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5E6C13 0%, transparent 65%), #eaf3bc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eaf3bc

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.

#eaf3bc 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

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 18.04:1.

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.

#eaf3bc, answered

What color is #eaf3bc?

#eaf3bc is a light vivid yellow, closest to Light Goldenrod Yellow (ΔE2000 5). It sits at 70° on the hue wheel with 70% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eaf3bc?

rgb(234, 243, 188) — 234 red, 243 green and 188 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 95.3% / 73.7% by channel.

What is #eaf3bc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(70, 70%, 85%) and hsv(70, 23%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eaf3bc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8522 and perceived brightness is 92%, so black text on it reaches 18.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eaf3bc?

Black. It scores 18.04:1 against #eaf3bc, versus 1.16:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eaf3bc accessible on a white background?

#eaf3bc on white scores 1.16:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6B7B16 to reach 4.5:1, or #515D11 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eaf3bc?

#C5BCF3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BCCEF3 and #E0BCF3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eaf3bc?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E5EDC0 for borders, #8E9B4B for secondary text, #1A27B2 as an accent and #5E6C13 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F3E0BC and #CEF3BC stays calm, while #C5BCF3 is the loudest partner.

What is #eaf3bc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 0%, 23%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eaf3bc warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F3E8BC; nudged cooler, #D6F4BB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eaf3bc?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 20.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eaf3bc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eaf3bc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eaf3bc] or text-[#eaf3bc], 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 #eaf3bc with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 243, 188, 0.5), or #eaf3bc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5F9DE; over black, #757A5E.

Is #eaf3bc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFCC, ΔE2000 4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eaf3bc 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 #eaf3bc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAFCEE, #eaf3bc 45%, #5E6C13). For more colour, a short hue run to #A9EEA2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eaf3bc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eaf3bc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.