Palettes / Colors / #EDA596

#EDA596 — Light Red

#EDA596 is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #EDA596 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.

#EDA596 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. 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 #96DFED; it also sits naturally between #ED96B3 and #EDD096. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 65% · Blue 59%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 37% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EDA596

.text { color: #EDA596; }
.background { background-color: #EDA596; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDA596; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 165, 150); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 71%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDA596; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 165, 150, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDA596; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 165, 150, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDA596">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDA596">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #96DFED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EDA596: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDA596

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:

How #EDA596 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EDA596 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDA596?

#EDA596 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 237, 165, 150). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDA596?

#EDA596 is RGB 237, 165, 150 — HSL 10°, 71%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 37%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDA596?

Its complement is #96DFED; analogous partners are #ED96B3 and #EDD096. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDA596 for text?

Black text on #EDA596 has a contrast ratio of 10.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.01:1.