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#EAAA7A — Light Orange

#EAAA7A is a orange color we call Light Orange, closest to the named color DarkSalmon (#E9967A). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darksalmon (#E9967A) — not an exact match. CSS darksalmon gives you #E9967A, a different color; use #EAAA7A 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.

#EAAA7A is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. 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 #7BBAEA; it also sits naturally between #EA7B82 and #EAE37B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAA7A · RGB 234, 170, 122

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Color values

HEX#EAAA7A
RGB234, 170, 122
HSL26°, 73%, 70%
HSV26°, 48%, 92%
CMYK0%, 27%, 48%, 8%
XYZ51.82, 47.65, 24.88
Yxy47.65, 0.4167, 0.3832
CIE-Lab74.60, 17.94, 33.94
Hunter Lab69.03, 17.16, 24.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 48%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 48% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAA7A on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAA7A on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAA7A

.text { color: #EAAA7A; }
.background { background-color: #EAAA7A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAA7A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 170, 122); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(26, 73%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAA7A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 170, 122, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAA7A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 170, 122, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAA7A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAA7A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAA7A

#E6975C#E18741#DD7322#C2651E#A35519#844515#6A3711#4B270C#311908#120903

Tints of #EAAA7A

#ECB388#EEB991#F0C19E#F1C7A7#F3CFB4#F5D8C1#F7DDCA#F9E6D7#FAEBE0#FCF4ED

Tones of #EAAA7A

#E3AC82#DAAD8B#D3AE92#CAAF9B#C3B0A2#BAB1AB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7BBAEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.99:1 Fails
Against black text10.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAA7A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAA7A

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EAAA7A: ·

How #EAAA7A looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CECE86Deuteranopia · #D2D788Tritanopia · #E78F91

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAAA7A rather than the exact color:

Palette 4c3a51
#4C3A51 · #774360 · #B25068 · #E7AB79
Palette 493323
#493323 · #91684A · #EAAC7F · #FFDF91
Palette 6f4e37
#6F4E37 · #A67B5B · #ECB176 · #FED8B1
Palette F7ffba
#F7FFBA · #F7E39C · #EBAF81 · #DA8067
Dreamy Ruby
#522D60 · #80426E · #F2A67B · #FFD38B
Palette Ffeed6
#FFEED6 · #A5AF79 · #827148 · #E8A07C

Similar colors

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

#E7AB79#EAAC7F#ECB176#EBAF81#F2A67B#E8A07C#E1AA74#DFA878#DFAC77#DFA67B#DEAA79#F6AD7B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAA79  ·  #EAAA7B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAA7A?

#EAAA7A is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 234, 170, 122). Its closest standard named color is DarkSalmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAA7A?

#EAAA7A is RGB 234, 170, 122 — HSL 26°, 73%, 70% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 48%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAA7A?

Its complement is #7BBAEA; analogous partners are #EA7B82 and #EAE37B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAA7A for text?

Black text on #EAAA7A has a contrast ratio of 10.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.99:1.