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#EEAA93 — Light Orange

#EEAA93 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 #EEAA93 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.

#EEAA93 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 #91D7EE; it also sits naturally between #EE91A8 and #EED791. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEAA93 · RGB 238, 170, 147

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Color values

HEX#EEAA93
RGB238, 170, 147
HSL15°, 73%, 75%
HSV15°, 38%, 93%
CMYK0%, 29%, 38%, 7%
XYZ54.90, 49.03, 34.17
Yxy49.03, 0.3975, 0.3550
CIE-Lab75.47, 22.13, 21.79
Hunter Lab70.02, 21.49, 16.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 67% · Blue 58%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 38% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEAA93 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEAA93 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEAA93

.text { color: #EEAA93; }
.background { background-color: #EEAA93; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEAA93; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 170, 147); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(15, 73%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEAA93; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 170, 147, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEAA93; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 170, 147, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEAA93">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEAA93">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEAA93

#E99072#E47753#DF5F34#CF4C20#B0411C#8D3416#6E2811#4F1D0C#311208#120603

Tints of #EEAA93

#EFAF9A#F1B6A2#F2BDAB#F3C4B4#F5CEC1#F7D5CA#F8DCD3#F9E3DC#FBEAE5#FCF1ED

Tones of #EEAA93

#E7AB97#E0AF9E#DAB2A4#D3B5AB#CDB9B2#C6BCB9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #91D7EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.94:1 Fails
Against black text10.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEAA93: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEAA93

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 #EEAA93: ·

How #EEAA93 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D099Deuteranopia · #D5DA9ATritanopia · #EB9D9E

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEAA93 rather than the exact color:

Peach Sky Gradient
#355070 · #6D597A · #B56576 · #EAAC8B
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E9A89B · #D875C7 · #912BBC
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #D4E2D4 · #ECB390 · #DF7861
Palette 94b49f
#94B49F · #CEE5D0 · #FCF8E8 · #ECB390
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #94B49F · #ECB390 · #DF7861
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #ECDFC8 · #ECB390 · #DF7861

Similar colors

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

#EAAC8B#E9A89B#ECB390#EFB09B#EFB495#F6AE99#F2B28C#F8B195#E7B18A#E5B299#E2A698#EC9F9D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEAA92  ·  #EEAA94 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEAA93?

#EEAA93 is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 238, 170, 147). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEAA93?

#EEAA93 is RGB 238, 170, 147 — HSL 15°, 73%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 38%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEAA93?

Its complement is #91D7EE; analogous partners are #EE91A8 and #EED791. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEAA93 for text?

Black text on #EEAA93 has a contrast ratio of 10.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.94:1.