Palettes / Colors / #E5CBBD

#E5CBBD — Pale Muted Brown

#E5CBBD is a brown color we call Pale Muted Brown, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #E5CBBD 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.

#E5CBBD is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BDD7E5; it also sits naturally between #E5BDC3 and #E5DFBD. 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 90% · Green 80% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 17% · Key 10%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E5CBBD

.text { color: #E5CBBD; }
.background { background-color: #E5CBBD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5CBBD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 203, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(21, 43%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5CBBD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 203, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5CBBD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 203, 189, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5CBBD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5CBBD">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDD7E5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5CBBD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E5CBBD

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 #E5CBBD 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 #E5CBBD 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #E5CBBD?

#E5CBBD is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 229, 203, 189). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5CBBD?

#E5CBBD is RGB 229, 203, 189 — HSL 21°, 43%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 17%, 10%.

What colors go with #E5CBBD?

Its complement is #BDD7E5; analogous partners are #E5BDC3 and #E5DFBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5CBBD for text?

Black text on #E5CBBD has a contrast ratio of 13.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.