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#EDCAAA — Light Orange

#EDCAAA is a orange color we call Light Orange, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EDCAAA 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.

#EDCAAA is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ABCDED; it also sits naturally between #EDABAC and #EDECAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDCAAA · RGB 237, 202, 170

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Color values

HEX#EDCAAA
RGB237, 202, 170
HSL29°, 65%, 80%
HSV29°, 28%, 93%
CMYK0%, 15%, 28%, 7%
XYZ63.30, 63.15, 46.88
Yxy63.15, 0.3652, 0.3643
CIE-Lab83.52, 7.68, 20.56
Hunter Lab79.47, 7.49, 16.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 79% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 28% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EDCAAA

.text { color: #EDCAAA; }
.background { background-color: #EDCAAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDCAAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 202, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(29, 65%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDCAAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 202, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDCAAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 202, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EDCAAA

#E6B689#E0A46C#D98F4A#D27D2D#B16925#8F551E#724318#502F11#321E0B#110A04

Tints of #EDCAAA

#EFD0B3#F0D3B7#F2D8C0#F3DBC4#F4E0CD#F6E5D5#F7E8D9#F9EDE2#FAEFE6#FBF5EE

Tones of #EDCAAA

#E9CBAF#E3CBB5#DFCBB9#DACCBE#D6CCC2#D1CCC7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABCDED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.54:1 Fails
Against black text13.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDCAAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDCAAA

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 #EDCAAA: ·

How #EDCAAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDEB2Deuteranopia · #E0E2B4Tritanopia · #EBB8B9

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

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

Scarlet Petal
#DCDEF4 · #DBBEE5 · #EDB8CF · #EEC7AB
Palette Edcfa9
#EDCFA9 · #E89F71 · #D57149 · #AA4A30
Lucky Meadow
#1B78B4 · #60D0E7 · #E17A37 · #EBCDA6
Palette 3d74b6
#3D74B6 · #FBF5DE · #EAC8A6 · #DC3C22
Palette 131842
#131842 · #E68369 · #ECCEAE · #FBF6E2
Velvet Ruby Bloom
#572A92 · #CA49BB · #DA7F91 · #E8CAAE

Similar colors

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

#EEC7AB#EDCFA9#EBCDA6#EAC8A6#ECCEAE#E8CAAE#EFC6B0#F4C7AB#F0CEA4#EEC3AE#EAD1A7#E7CEA6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDCAA9  ·  #EDCAAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDCAAA?

#EDCAAA is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 237, 202, 170). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDCAAA?

#EDCAAA is RGB 237, 202, 170 — HSL 29°, 65%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 28%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDCAAA?

Its complement is #ABCDED; analogous partners are #EDABAC and #EDECAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDCAAA for text?

Black text on #EDCAAA has a contrast ratio of 13.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.