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#EAAC80 — Light Orange

#EAAC80 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 #EAAC80 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.

#EAAC80 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 #80BEEA; it also sits naturally between #EA8089 and #EAE180. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAC80 · RGB 234, 172, 128

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Color values

HEX#EAAC80
RGB234, 172, 128
HSL25°, 72%, 71%
HSV25°, 45%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 45%, 8%
XYZ52.58, 48.56, 27.02
Yxy48.56, 0.4103, 0.3789
CIE-Lab75.17, 17.46, 31.51
Hunter Lab69.68, 16.73, 22.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 50%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 45% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAC80 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAC80 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAC80

.text { color: #EAAC80; }
.background { background-color: #EAAC80; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAC80; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 172, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(25, 72%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAC80; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 172, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAC80; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 172, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAC80">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAC80">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAC80

#E59861#E18747#DC7328#C1631F#A7551B#884616#693611#4B260C#301908#120903

Tints of #EAAC80

#ECB58D#EEBA96#F0C3A3#F1C9AC#F4D1B9#F5D7C2#F7E0CF#F9E5D8#FBEEE5#FCF4ED

Tones of #EAAC80

#E3AD87#DBAF8F#D3B097#CCB19E#C5B2A6#BCB4AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #80BEEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.96:1 Fails
Against black text10.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAC80: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAC80

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 #EAAC80: ·

How #EAAC80 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCF8BDeuteranopia · #D3D78DTritanopia · #E79395

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 #EAAC80 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
Peach Sky Gradient
#355070 · #6D597A · #B56576 · #EAAC8B
Dreamy Ruby
#522D60 · #80426E · #F2A67B · #FFD38B

Similar colors

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

#EAAC7F#EBAF81#E7AB79#E9B384#EAAC8B#F2A67B#ECB176#E7B18A#F4B183#DEAC80#E8A07C#F6AD7B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAC7F  ·  #EAAC81 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAC80?

#EAAC80 is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 234, 172, 128). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAC80?

#EAAC80 is RGB 234, 172, 128 — HSL 25°, 72%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 45%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAC80?

Its complement is #80BEEA; analogous partners are #EA8089 and #EAE180. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAC80 for text?

Black text on #EAAC80 has a contrast ratio of 10.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.96:1.