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#EDDAC3 — Pale Muted Brown

#EDDAC3 is a brown color we call Pale Muted Brown, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the brown family.

#EDDAC3 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 #C4D7ED; it also sits naturally between #EDC6C4 and #EBEDC4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDDAC3 · RGB 237, 218, 195

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Color values

HEX#EDDAC3
RGB237, 218, 195
HSL33°, 54%, 85%
HSV33°, 18%, 93%
CMYK0%, 8%, 18%, 7%
XYZ69.85, 72.09, 61.86
Yxy72.09, 0.3427, 0.3537
CIE-Lab88.01, 2.88, 13.68
Hunter Lab84.90, 2.84, 12.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 85% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 18% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EDDAC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EDDAC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EDDAC3

.text { color: #EDDAC3; }
.background { background-color: #EDDAC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDDAC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 218, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(33, 54%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDDAC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 218, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDDAC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 218, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDDAC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDDAC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EDDAC3

#E4C8A5#DBB485#D1A166#C88E46#B17935#8D612A#6E4B21#4F3617#2F200E#100B05

Tints of #EDDAC3

#EFDDC8#F0E0CC#F1E2D0#F2E4D4#F4E9DC#F6ECE0#F7EEE4#F8F1E7#F9F3EB#FAF5EF

Tones of #EDDAC3

#EADBC7#E8DACA#E5DACD#E2DAD0#DED9D3#DCD9D6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C4D7ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.36:1 Fails
Against black text15.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDDAC3: #000000.

How #EDDAC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E5C9Deuteranopia · #E6E7CATritanopia · #ECCDCE

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 #EDDAC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffeeee
#FFEEEE · #FFF6EA · #F7E9D7 · #EBD8C3
Palette Bf4646
#BF4646 · #EDDCC6 · #FFF4EA · #7EACB5
Palette A7727d
#A7727D · #EDDBC7 · #F8EAD8 · #F9F5E7
Palette 483434
#483434 · #6B4F4F · #EED6C4 · #FFF3E4
Palette F7ecde
#F7ECDE · #E9DAC1 · #9ED2C6 · #54BAB9
Palette Fbf8f1
#FBF8F1 · #F7ECDE · #E9DAC1 · #54BAB9

Similar colors

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

#EBD8C3#EDDCC6#EDDBC7#EED6C4#E9DAC1#EEDCC7#ECDCBF#EAD8C0#F2DAC3#E8DCC4#E8D8C4#F1DEC4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDDAC2  ·  #EDDAC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDDAC3?

#EDDAC3 is Pale Muted Brown, a brown color (RGB 237, 218, 195). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDDAC3?

#EDDAC3 is RGB 237, 218, 195 — HSL 33°, 54%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 18%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDDAC3?

Its complement is #C4D7ED; analogous partners are #EDC6C4 and #EBEDC4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDDAC3 for text?

Black text on #EDDAC3 has a contrast ratio of 15.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.36:1.