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#EAD4BC — Pale Muted Brown

#EAD4BC 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 #EAD4BC 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.

#EAD4BC 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 #BDD3EA; it also sits naturally between #EABEBD and #E9EABD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAD4BC · RGB 234, 212, 188

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Color values

HEX#EAD4BC
RGB234, 212, 188
HSL31°, 52%, 83%
HSV31°, 20%, 92%
CMYK0%, 9%, 20%, 8%
XYZ66.55, 68.21, 57.24
Yxy68.21, 0.3466, 0.3553
CIE-Lab86.11, 3.86, 14.64
Hunter Lab82.59, 3.78, 12.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 83% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 20% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAD4BC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAD4BC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAD4BC

.text { color: #EAD4BC; }
.background { background-color: #EAD4BC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAD4BC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 212, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(31, 52%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAD4BC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 212, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAD4BC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 212, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAD4BC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAD4BC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAD4BC

#E0C09E#D7AC7F#CD9860#C38441#AB7236#8C5D2C#6D4922#4E3418#2F1F0F#100A05

Tints of #EAD4BC

#EBD7C1#EEDCC9#EFDECD#F0E1D0#F3E6D8#F4E8DC#F5EBE0#F6EDE4#F9F2EC#FAF5EF

Tones of #EAD4BC

#E7D4C0#E4D4C4#E1D4C7#DDD4CA#DAD4CD#D7D4D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDD3EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAD4BC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAD4BC

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 #EAD4BC: ·

How #EAD4BC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0E0C2Deuteranopia · #E2E3C3Tritanopia · #E9C6C7

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 #EAD4BC rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Ruby Mosaic
#BC7123 · #23BA70 · #9C55DF · #EBD4BD
Palette 758a93
#758A93 · #ECD5BC · #E9B63B · #C66E52
Palette Fff2d8
#FFF2D8 · #EAD7BB · #BCA37F · #113946
Crimson Ruby Saffron
#1E429B · #3F63D9 · #DCB34C · #ECD7B9
Palette Ff0066
#FF0066 · #6A0066 · #934790 · #E8D4B7
Palette A79277
#A79277 · #D1BB9E · #EAD8C0 · #FFF2E1

Similar colors

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

#EBD4BD#ECD5BC#EAD7BB#ECD7B9#E8D4B7#EAD8C0#E6D5B8#EBD8B7#EAD7B6#EED9B9#EFD9BD#E5D9BB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAD4BB  ·  #EAD4BD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAD4BC?

#EAD4BC is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 234, 212, 188). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAD4BC?

#EAD4BC is RGB 234, 212, 188 — HSL 31°, 52%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 20%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAD4BC?

Its complement is #BDD3EA; analogous partners are #EABEBD and #E9EABD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAD4BC for text?

Black text on #EAD4BC has a contrast ratio of 14.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.