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#EDCAAB — Light Orange

#EDCAAB 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 #EDCAAB 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.

#EDCAAB 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 #ABCEED; it also sits naturally between #EDABAD and #EDEBAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDCAAB · RGB 237, 202, 171

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Color values

HEX#EDCAAB
RGB237, 202, 171
HSL28°, 65%, 80%
HSV28°, 28%, 93%
CMYK0%, 15%, 28%, 7%
XYZ63.40, 63.19, 47.38
Yxy63.19, 0.3644, 0.3632
CIE-Lab83.54, 7.81, 20.06
Hunter Lab79.49, 7.62, 16.59

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

CSS code for #EDCAAB

.text { color: #EDCAAB; }
.background { background-color: #EDCAAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDCAAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 202, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(28, 65%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDCAAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 202, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDCAAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 202, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EDCAAB

#E6B589#E0A26C#D98D4A#D27A2D#B16625#8F531E#724218#502E11#321D0B#110A04

Tints of #EDCAAB

#EFCFB3#F0D2B7#F2D7C0#F3DAC4#F4DFCD#F6E4D5#F7E7D9#F9ECE2#FAEFE6#FBF4EE

Tones of #EDCAAB

#E9CAAF#E3CAB5#DFCBB9#DACBBE#D6CBC2#D1CCC7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABCEED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.54:1 Fails
Against black text13.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDCAAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDCAAB

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 #EDCAAB: ·

How #EDCAAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDEB3Deuteranopia · #E0E2B4Tritanopia · #EBB8BA

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 #EDCAAB rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#EEC7AB#ECCEAE#EDCFA9#E8CAAE#EBCDA6#EAC8A6#EFC6B0#ECCCB2#F4C7AB#EEC3AE#F3C4AA#F0CEA4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDCAAA  ·  #EDCAAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDCAAB?

#EDCAAB is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 237, 202, 171). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDCAAB?

#EDCAAB is RGB 237, 202, 171 — HSL 28°, 65%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 28%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDCAAB?

Its complement is #ABCEED; analogous partners are #EDABAD and #EDEBAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDCAAB for text?

Black text on #EDCAAB has a contrast ratio of 13.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.