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#EACEBE — Pale Muted Brown

#EACEBE 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 #EACEBE 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.

#EACEBE 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 #BEDAEA; it also sits naturally between #EABEC3 and #EAE4BE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EACEBE · RGB 234, 206, 190

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Color values

HEX#EACEBE
RGB234, 206, 190
HSL22°, 51%, 83%
HSV22°, 19%, 92%
CMYK0%, 12%, 19%, 8%
XYZ65.30, 65.35, 57.89
Yxy65.35, 0.3463, 0.3466
CIE-Lab84.67, 7.28, 11.54
Hunter Lab80.84, 7.14, 10.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 81% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 19% · Key 8%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EACEBE

.text { color: #EACEBE; }
.background { background-color: #EACEBE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EACEBE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 206, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(22, 51%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EACEBE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 206, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EACEBE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 206, 190, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EACEBE

#E0B79F#D69F80#CC8861#C27142#A96137#8B4F2D#6C3E23#4D2C19#2E1A0F#0F0905

Tints of #EACEBE

#EBD1C1#EED6C9#EFD9CD#F0DCD1#F3E2D8#F4E5DC#F5E8E0#F6EBE4#F9F1EC#FAF3F0

Tones of #EACEBE

#E7CFC1#E3CFC4#E0D0C7#DDD1CA#DAD2CD#D7D3D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEDAEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.49:1 Fails
Against black text14.07:1 AAA

Best text color on #EACEBE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EACEBE

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 #EACEBE: ·

How #EACEBE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDEC2Deuteranopia · #E0E2C3Tritanopia · #E9C5C6

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 #EACEBE rather than the exact color:

Dreamy Breeze
#EDCCBF · #D9A896 · #B96241 · #9B4A2C
Royal Mosaic
#BF581D · #46E37F · #783BE1 · #EECEBE
Palette Ffeddb
#FFEDDB · #EDCDBB · #E3B7A0 · #BF9270
Cosmic Ruby Mosaic
#BC7123 · #23BA70 · #9C55DF · #EBD4BD
Tender Lagoon
#BD4824 · #27CF4F · #4F27CF · #EAC8BC
Palette 987d9a
#987D9A · #BB9AB1 · #EECEB9 · #FEFBD8

Similar colors

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

#EDCCBF#EECEBE#EDCDBB#EBD4BD#EAC8BC#EECEB9#E7CBB9#E7CAC3#E9CDC5#ECD5BC#E3CDC1#E8D1C5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EACEBD  ·  #EACEBF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EACEBE?

#EACEBE is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 234, 206, 190). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EACEBE?

#EACEBE is RGB 234, 206, 190 — HSL 22°, 51%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 12%, 19%, 8%.

What colors go with #EACEBE?

Its complement is #BEDAEA; analogous partners are #EABEC3 and #EAE4BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EACEBE for text?

Black text on #EACEBE has a contrast ratio of 14.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.49:1.