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#EAAC90 — Light Orange

#EAAC90 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 #EAAC90 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.

#EAAC90 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 #90CDEA; it also sits naturally between #EA90A0 and #EAD990. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAC90 · RGB 234, 172, 144

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Color values

HEX#EAAC90
RGB234, 172, 144
HSL19°, 68%, 74%
HSV19°, 38%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 38%, 8%
XYZ53.72, 49.01, 33.01
Yxy49.01, 0.3957, 0.3611
CIE-Lab75.46, 19.18, 23.32
Hunter Lab70.01, 18.48, 17.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 67% · Blue 56%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 38% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAC90 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAC90 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAC90

.text { color: #EAAC90; }
.background { background-color: #EAAC90; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAC90; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 172, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(19, 68%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAC90; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 172, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAC90; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 172, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAC90">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAC90">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAC90

#E49672#DE8054#D96936#C55826#A74B20#893D1A#6B3014#4D220F#2F1509#110803

Tints of #EAAC90

#EBB398#EDB9A1#EFC2AE#F1C9B6#F3CFBF#F4D6C7#F6DCD0#F8E6DD#FAECE5#FCF2EE

Tones of #EAAC90

#E3AF96#DDB19C#D7B3A3#D0B6A9#C9B8B0#C3BAB6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #90CDEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAC90: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAC90

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 #EAAC90: ·

How #EAAC90 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CFCF97Deuteranopia · #D3D798Tritanopia · #E79C9D

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 #EAAC90 rather than the exact color:

Peach Sky Gradient
#355070 · #6D597A · #B56576 · #EAAC8B
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #D4E2D4 · #ECB390 · #DF7861
Palette 94b49f
#94B49F · #CEE5D0 · #FCF8E8 · #ECB390
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #94B49F · #ECB390 · #DF7861
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #ECDFC8 · #ECB390 · #DF7861
Electric Ruby Harbor
#AD150F · #D65139 · #DF845C · #E7B18A

Similar colors

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

#EAAC8B#ECB390#E7B18A#EFB495#F2B28C#E9A89B#E5B299#EFB09B#E2A698#ECB994#E9B384#E0B58C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAC8F  ·  #EAAC91 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAC90?

#EAAC90 is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 234, 172, 144). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAC90?

#EAAC90 is RGB 234, 172, 144 — HSL 19°, 68%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 38%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAC90?

Its complement is #90CDEA; analogous partners are #EA90A0 and #EAD990. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAC90 for text?

Black text on #EAAC90 has a contrast ratio of 10.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.