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#EAAA98 — Light Orange

#EAAA98 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 #EAAA98 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.

#EAAA98 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 #99D9EA; it also sits naturally between #EA99B0 and #EAD399. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAA98 · RGB 234, 170, 152

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Color values

HEX#EAAA98
RGB234, 170, 152
HSL13°, 66%, 76%
HSV13°, 35%, 92%
CMYK0%, 27%, 35%, 8%
XYZ53.97, 48.51, 36.22
Yxy48.51, 0.3891, 0.3497
CIE-Lab75.14, 21.18, 18.56
Hunter Lab69.65, 20.48, 14.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 60%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 35% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAA98 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAA98 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAA98

.text { color: #EAAA98; }
.background { background-color: #EAAA98; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAA98; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 170, 152); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(13, 66%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAA98; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 170, 152, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAA98; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 170, 152, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAA98">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAA98">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAA98

#E4927C#DE7A5E#D75E3C#C74B29#A94023#8C351D#6E2A17#4C1D10#2F120A#110603

Tints of #EAAA98

#ECB2A2#EEB9AA#EFC0B3#F1C7BB#F3CEC4#F5D5CC#F6DCD5#F8E3DD#FAEAE6#FCF1EE

Tones of #EAAA98

#E5AE9F#DFB2A5#D9B5AB#D3B8B1#CDBBB6#C7BFBC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #99D9EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.96:1 Fails
Against black text10.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAA98: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAA98

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 #EAAA98: ·

How #EAAA98 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CECE9CDeuteranopia · #D2D79DTritanopia · #E7A0A1

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAAA98 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E9A89B · #D875C7 · #912BBC
Hidden Ruby Canyon
#0E7F9D · #5DE5F0 · #E84115 · #EFB09B
Honey Ruby Horizon
#F6D8D0 · #E2A698 · #762F1E · #532418
Palette 7d5a50
#7D5A50 · #B4846C · #E5B299 · #FCDEC0
Palette 2d4356
#2D4356 · #435B66 · #A76F6F · #EAB2A0
Burning Aurora
#1C9AA6 · #3FABDF · #DA3425 · #E8A19F

Similar colors

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

#E9A89B#EFB09B#E2A698#E5B299#EAB2A0#E8A19F#EFB495#ECB390#EC9F9D#F6AE99#EAB1A3#EAAC8B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAA97  ·  #EAAA99 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAA98?

#EAAA98 is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 234, 170, 152). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAA98?

#EAAA98 is RGB 234, 170, 152 — HSL 13°, 66%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 35%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAA98?

Its complement is #99D9EA; analogous partners are #EA99B0 and #EAD399. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAA98 for text?

Black text on #EAAA98 has a contrast ratio of 10.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.96:1.