Palettes / Colors / #E5CEAE

#E5CEAE — Light Muted Brown

#E5CEAE is a brown color we call Light 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 #E5CEAE 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.

#E5CEAE 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 #AEC5E5; it also sits naturally between #E5B3AE and #E0E5AE. 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 81% · Blue 68%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #E5CEAE

.text { color: #E5CEAE; }
.background { background-color: #E5CEAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5CEAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 206, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(35, 51%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5CEAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 206, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5CEAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 206, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5CEAE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5CEAE">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEC5E5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5CEAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E5CEAE

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 #E5CEAE 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 #E5CEAE 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 #E5CEAE?

#E5CEAE is Light Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 229, 206, 174). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5CEAE?

#E5CEAE is RGB 229, 206, 174 — HSL 35°, 51%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 24%, 10%.

What colors go with #E5CEAE?

Its complement is #AEC5E5; analogous partners are #E5B3AE and #E0E5AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5CEAE for text?

Black text on #E5CEAE has a contrast ratio of 13.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.