Palettes / Colors / #EAD070

#EAD070 — Light Yellow

#EAD070 is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #EAD070 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EAD070 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #718BEA; it also sits naturally between #EA9371 and #C8EA71. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 82% · Blue 44%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 52% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #EAD070

.text { color: #EAD070; }
.background { background-color: #EAD070; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAD070; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 208, 112); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 74%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAD070; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 208, 112, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAD070; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 208, 112, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAD070">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAD070">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAD070

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Tones of #EAD070

Color harmonies

Complementary — #718BEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EAD070: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAD070

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #EAD070 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAD070 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAD06F  ·  #EAD071 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAD070?

#EAD070 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 208, 112). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAD070?

#EAD070 is RGB 234, 208, 112 — HSL 47°, 74%, 68% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 52%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAD070?

Its complement is #718BEA; analogous partners are #EA9371 and #C8EA71. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAD070 for text?

Black text on #EAD070 has a contrast ratio of 13.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.