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#EAAA80 — Light Orange

#EAAA80 is a orange color we call Light Orange, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #EAAA80 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.

#EAAA80 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 #80C0EA; it also sits naturally between #EA808A and #EAE080. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAA80 · RGB 234, 170, 128

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Color values

HEX#EAAA80
RGB234, 170, 128
HSL24°, 72%, 71%
HSV24°, 45%, 92%
CMYK0%, 27%, 45%, 8%
XYZ52.20, 47.80, 26.90
Yxy47.80, 0.4114, 0.3767
CIE-Lab74.70, 18.53, 30.89
Hunter Lab69.14, 17.76, 22.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 50%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 45% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAA80 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAA80 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAA80

.text { color: #EAAA80; }
.background { background-color: #EAAA80; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAA80; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 170, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(24, 72%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAA80; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 170, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAA80; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 170, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAA80">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAA80">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAA80

#E59661#E18447#DC7028#C1601F#A7531B#884416#693411#4B250C#301808#120903

Tints of #EAAA80

#ECB38D#EEB996#F0C2A3#F1C8AC#F4D0B9#F5D6C2#F7DFCF#F9E5D8#FBEDE5#FCF3ED

Tones of #EAAA80

#E3AC87#DBAE8F#D3AF97#CCB09E#C5B2A6#BCB4AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #80C0EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.99:1 Fails
Against black text10.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAA80: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAA80

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 #EAAA80: ·

How #EAAA80 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CECE8ADeuteranopia · #D2D78DTritanopia · #E79294

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 #EAAA80 rather than the exact color:

Palette 493323
#493323 · #91684A · #EAAC7F · #FFDF91
Palette F7ffba
#F7FFBA · #F7E39C · #EBAF81 · #DA8067
Palette 4c3a51
#4C3A51 · #774360 · #B25068 · #E7AB79
Palette A1ccd1
#A1CCD1 · #F4F2DE · #E9B384 · #7C9D96
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:

#EAAC7F#EBAF81#E7AB79#E9B384#F2A67B#E8A07C#EAAC8B#DEAC80#ECB176#F4B183#E7B18A#DFA67B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAA7F  ·  #EAAA81 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAA80?

#EAAA80 is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 234, 170, 128). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAA80?

#EAAA80 is RGB 234, 170, 128 — HSL 24°, 72%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 45%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAA80?

Its complement is #80C0EA; analogous partners are #EA808A and #EAE080. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAA80 for text?

Black text on #EAAA80 has a contrast ratio of 10.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.99:1.