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#EADDC6 — Pale Muted Brown

#EADDC6 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 #EADDC6 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.

#EADDC6 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 #C7D4EA; it also sits naturally between #EACCC7 and #E6EAC7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EADDC6 · RGB 234, 221, 198

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Color values

HEX#EADDC6
RGB234, 221, 198
HSL38°, 46%, 85%
HSV38°, 15%, 92%
CMYK0%, 6%, 15%, 8%
XYZ69.98, 73.28, 63.88
Yxy73.28, 0.3378, 0.3538
CIE-Lab88.58, 0.71, 12.88
Hunter Lab85.61, 0.70, 11.44

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 87% · Blue 78%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 15% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EADDC6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EADDC6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EADDC6

.text { color: #EADDC6; }
.background { background-color: #EADDC6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EADDC6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 221, 198); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(38, 46%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EADDC6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 221, 198, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EADDC6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 221, 198, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EADDC6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EADDC6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EADDC6

#DFCCA9#D4BA8C#C9A86E#BE9650#A8813E#866732#685027#4A391C#2D2211#0F0B06

Tints of #EADDC6

#ECE0CB#EDE2CF#EEE4D2#F0E6D6#F3EBDD#F4EDE1#F5EFE5#F7F2E9#F8F4EC#F9F6F0

Tones of #EADDC6

#E8DDCA#E5DCCC#E3DBCF#E0DBD1#DEDAD4#DBD9D6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7D4EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #EADDC6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EADDC6

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 #EADDC6: ·

How #EADDC6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4CCDeuteranopia · #E5E6CDTritanopia · #E9D0D1

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 #EADDC6 rather than the exact color:

Palette F8f0e5
#F8F0E5 · #EADBC8 · #DAC0A3 · #102C57
Palette F8f0e5
#F8F0E5 · #EADBC8 · #DAC0A3 · #0F2C59
Palette B5c18e
#B5C18E · #EADBC8 · #C7B7A3 · #F1F1F1
Palette Fefaf6
#FEFAF6 · #EADBC8 · #DAC0A3 · #102C57
Ruby Dusk
#123F36 · #2A6B5C · #C49A45 · #E8DCC4
Palette Bf4646
#BF4646 · #EDDCC6 · #FFF4EA · #7EACB5

Similar colors

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

#EADBC8#E8DCC4#EDDCC6#ECDFC8#E8DEC9#EDDBC7#E7DEC8#E6DDC6#EEDCC7#E6DDC4#E8DFCA#EAE2C6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EADDC5  ·  #EADDC7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EADDC6?

#EADDC6 is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 234, 221, 198). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EADDC6?

#EADDC6 is RGB 234, 221, 198 — HSL 38°, 46%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 15%, 8%.

What colors go with #EADDC6?

Its complement is #C7D4EA; analogous partners are #EACCC7 and #E6EAC7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EADDC6 for text?

Black text on #EADDC6 has a contrast ratio of 15.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.