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#EACBBD — Pale Muted Brown

#EACBBD is a brown color we call Pale Muted Brown, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EACBBD 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.

#EACBBD is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BDDCEA; it also sits naturally between #EABDC5 and #EAE2BD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EACBBD · RGB 234, 203, 189

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Color values

HEX#EACBBD
RGB234, 203, 189
HSL19°, 52%, 83%
HSV19°, 19%, 92%
CMYK0%, 13%, 19%, 8%
XYZ64.47, 63.88, 57.08
Yxy63.88, 0.3477, 0.3445
CIE-Lab83.90, 8.71, 10.99
Hunter Lab79.92, 8.53, 9.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 80% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 19% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EACBBD

.text { color: #EACBBD; }
.background { background-color: #EACBBD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EACBBD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 203, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(19, 52%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EACBBD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 203, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EACBBD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 203, 189, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EACBBD

#E0B39E#D79B7F#CD8360#C36A41#AB5B36#8C4A2C#6D3A22#4E2918#2F190F#100805

Tints of #EACBBD

#EBCEC1#EED4C9#EFD8CD#F0DBD0#F3E1D8#F4E4DC#F5E7E0#F6EAE4#F9F0EC#FAF3EF

Tones of #EACBBD

#E7CCC0#E4CEC4#E1CFC7#DDD0CA#DAD1CD#D7D3D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDDCEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #EACBBD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EACBBD

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 #EACBBD: ·

How #EACBBD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DDDCC0Deuteranopia · #DEE1C1Tritanopia · #E8C3C4

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

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

Tender Lagoon
#BD4824 · #27CF4F · #4F27CF · #EAC8BC
Dreamy Breeze
#EDCCBF · #D9A896 · #B96241 · #9B4A2C
Palette Ffeddb
#FFEDDB · #EDCDBB · #E3B7A0 · #BF9270
Dreamy Aurora
#225B81 · #5F9AD5 · #D38A59 · #E7CBB9
Royal Mosaic
#BF581D · #46E37F · #783BE1 · #EECEBE
Palette 987d9a
#987D9A · #BB9AB1 · #EECEB9 · #FEFBD8

Similar colors

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

#EAC8BC#EDCCBF#EDCDBB#E7CBB9#EECEBE#EECEB9#E7CAC3#E7C5C1#EEC7C3#E9CDC5#E3CDC1#E6C4C0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EACBBC  ·  #EACBBE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EACBBD?

#EACBBD is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 234, 203, 189). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EACBBD?

#EACBBD is RGB 234, 203, 189 — HSL 19°, 52%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 19%, 8%.

What colors go with #EACBBD?

Its complement is #BDDCEA; analogous partners are #EABDC5 and #EAE2BD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EACBBD for text?

Black text on #EACBBD has a contrast ratio of 13.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.