Palettes / Colors / #E5CCAE

#E5CCAE — Light Muted Brown

#E5CCAE is a brown color we call Light Muted Brown, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the brown family.

#E5CCAE 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 #AEC7E5; it also sits naturally between #E5B1AE and #E2E5AE. 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 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 24% · Key 10%

Previews

CSS code for #E5CCAE

.text { color: #E5CCAE; }
.background { background-color: #E5CCAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5CCAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 204, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(33, 51%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5CCAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 204, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5CCAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 204, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5CCAE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5CCAE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E5CCAE

Tints of #E5CCAE

Tones of #E5CCAE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEC7E5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5CCAE: #000000.

How #E5CCAE 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 #E5CCAE or a close neighbour

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E5CCAD  ·  #E5CCAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E5CCAE?

#E5CCAE is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 229, 204, 174). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5CCAE?

#E5CCAE is RGB 229, 204, 174 — HSL 33°, 51%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 24%, 10%.

What colors go with #E5CCAE?

Its complement is #AEC7E5; analogous partners are #E5B1AE and #E2E5AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5CCAE for text?

Black text on #E5CCAE has a contrast ratio of 13.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.