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#EAAE83 — Light Orange

#EAAE83 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 #EAAE83 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.

#EAAE83 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 #85C0EA; it also sits naturally between #EA858D and #EAE285. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAE83 · RGB 234, 174, 131

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Color values

HEX#EAAE83
RGB234, 174, 131
HSL25°, 71%, 72%
HSV25°, 44%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 44%, 8%
XYZ53.16, 49.40, 28.21
Yxy49.40, 0.4065, 0.3778
CIE-Lab75.70, 16.70, 30.61
Hunter Lab70.29, 16.02, 22.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 51%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 44% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAE83 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAE83 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAE83

.text { color: #EAAE83; }
.background { background-color: #EAAE83; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAE83; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 174, 131); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(25, 71%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAE83; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 174, 131, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAE83; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 174, 131, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAE83">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAE83">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAE83

#E59B66#E08748#DC762E#C46521#A6551C#874617#693612#4E280D#301908#110903

Tints of #EAAE83

#ECB58E#EEBD9B#EFC3A3#F2CCB1#F3D1B9#F5D7C2#F7E0CF#F8E5D8#FBEEE5#FCF4EE

Tones of #EAAE83

#E3B08C#DCB293#D5B39A#CDB4A2#C6B5A9#BFB6B0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #85C0EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.93:1 Fails
Against black text10.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAE83: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAE83

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 #EAAE83: ·

How #EAAE83 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CF8DDeuteranopia · #D4D890Tritanopia · #E79697

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 #EAAE83 rather than the exact color:

Palette F7ffba
#F7FFBA · #F7E39C · #EBAF81 · #DA8067
Palette 493323
#493323 · #91684A · #EAAC7F · #FFDF91
Palette A1ccd1
#A1CCD1 · #F4F2DE · #E9B384 · #7C9D96
Electric Ruby Harbor
#AD150F · #D65139 · #DF845C · #E7B18A
Peach Sky Gradient
#355070 · #6D597A · #B56576 · #EAAC8B
Palette Fff2cc
#FFF2CC · #FFD966 · #F4B183 · #DFA67B

Similar colors

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

#EBAF81#EAAC7F#E9B384#E7B18A#EAAC8B#F4B183#E7AB79#DEAC80#F2B28C#ECB176#F2A67B#F5B17B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAE82  ·  #EAAE84 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAE83?

#EAAE83 is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 234, 174, 131). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAE83?

#EAAE83 is RGB 234, 174, 131 — HSL 25°, 71%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 44%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAE83?

Its complement is #85C0EA; analogous partners are #EA858D and #EAE285. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAE83 for text?

Black text on #EAAE83 has a contrast ratio of 10.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.