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#EBBC90 — Light Orange

#EBBC90 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 #EBBC90 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.

#EBBC90 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 #8FBEEA; it also sits naturally between #EA8F90 and #EAE98F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBBC90 · RGB 235, 188, 144

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Color values

HEX#EBBC90
RGB235, 188, 144
HSL29°, 69%, 74%
HSV29°, 39%, 92%
CMYK0%, 20%, 39%, 8%
XYZ57.28, 55.64, 34.11
Yxy55.64, 0.3896, 0.3784
CIE-Lab79.41, 11.08, 28.67
Hunter Lab74.59, 10.68, 21.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 74% · Blue 56%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 39% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBBC90 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBBC90 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBBC90

.text { color: #EBBC90; }
.background { background-color: #EBBC90; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBBC90; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 188, 144); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(29, 69%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBBC90; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 188, 144, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBBC90; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 188, 144, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBBC90">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBBC90">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBBC90

#E5A971#DF9753#DA8434#C67324#A8611F#8A5019#6C3E14#4E2D0E#2F1B09#110A03

Tints of #EBBC90

#ECC098#EEC6A0#F0CDAD#F2D3B6#F3D8BE#F5DDC7#F6E2D0#F9EADD#FAEFE5#FCF5EE

Tones of #EBBC90

#E4BB96#DDBC9C#D7BCA3#D1BCA9#CABCAF#C3BCB6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8FBEEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.73:1 Fails
Against black text12.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBBC90: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBBC90

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 #EBBC90: ·

How #EBBC90 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D69BDeuteranopia · #D9DD9DTritanopia · #E9A3A5

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 #EBBC90 rather than the exact color:

Modern Zephyr
#165FCB · #70ADEF · #DB8C18 · #ECB994
Honey Ruby Canyon
#86271F · #E82710 · #EA9560 · #EAC192
Palette E6ba95
#E6BA95 · #FAFDD6 · #E4E9BE · #A2B38B
Crystal Canyon
#134BD1 · #496AEF · #EFC151 · #EEC391
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #D4E2D4 · #ECB390 · #DF7861
Palette 94b49f
#94B49F · #CEE5D0 · #FCF8E8 · #ECB390

Similar colors

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

#ECB994#EAC192#E6BA95#EEC391#ECB390#F2C18D#E1BC91#EFB495#E9C790#F4BF96#EAC696#EFBC9B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBBC8F  ·  #EBBC91 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBBC90?

#EBBC90 is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 235, 188, 144). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBBC90?

#EBBC90 is RGB 235, 188, 144 — HSL 29°, 69%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 39%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBBC90?

Its complement is #8FBEEA; analogous partners are #EA8F90 and #EAE98F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBBC90 for text?

Black text on #EBBC90 has a contrast ratio of 12.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.73:1.