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#EEBEAA — Light Orange

#EEBEAA is a orange color we call Light Orange, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #EEBEAA 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.

#EEBEAA 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 #AADAEE; it also sits naturally between #EEAAB7 and #EEE1AA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEBEAA · RGB 238, 190, 170

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Color values

HEX#EEBEAA
RGB238, 190, 170
HSL18°, 67%, 80%
HSV18°, 29%, 93%
CMYK0%, 20%, 29%, 7%
XYZ60.93, 57.91, 46.00
Yxy57.91, 0.3696, 0.3513
CIE-Lab80.69, 14.37, 16.63
Hunter Lab76.10, 14.04, 13.80

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 75% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 29% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEBEAA

.text { color: #EEBEAA; }
.background { background-color: #EEBEAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEBEAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 190, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(18, 67%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEBEAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 190, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEBEAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 190, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEBEAA

#E7A488#E28E6A#DB7448#D55D2A#B34E23#913F1D#733217#512310#33160A#110703

Tints of #EEBEAA

#F0C5B2#F1C8B7#F2CEBF#F3D2C3#F5D8CC#F7DFD4#F7E2D9#F9E8E1#FAECE5#FCF2EE

Tones of #EEBEAA

#E9C0AF#E4C2B4#DFC4B9#DBC6BD#D6C8C2#D1CAC7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AADAEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.67:1 Fails
Against black text12.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEBEAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEBEAA

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 #EEBEAA: ·

How #EEBEAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9AFDeuteranopia · #DCE0B0Tritanopia · #ECB3B4

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 · #F8F9FATailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

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

Mellow Horizon
#125F83 · #6CD7EB · #E98C61 · #EEC3AE
Burning Horizon
#1082B7 · #37DBED · #EB5F1D · #F3BBAE
Rustic Ruby Canyon
#F3C4AA · #E99D72 · #AE4E19 · #723512
Scarlet Petal
#DCDEF4 · #DBBEE5 · #EDB8CF · #EEC7AB
Gentle Ruby Mirage
#EFC6B0 · #D4E2B8 · #D9F7E3 · #BAE0F0
Palette Eeedeb
#EEEDEB · #E6B9A6 · #939185 · #2F3645

Similar colors

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

#EEC3AE#F3BBAE#F3C4AA#EEC7AB#EFC6B0#E6B9A6#EBB7A3#F0B4A8#ECB4A7#F5C6AA#F4C7AB#E5C3A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEBEA9  ·  #EEBEAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEBEAA?

#EEBEAA is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 238, 190, 170). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEBEAA?

#EEBEAA is RGB 238, 190, 170 — HSL 18°, 67%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 29%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEBEAA?

Its complement is #AADAEE; analogous partners are #EEAAB7 and #EEE1AA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEBEAA for text?

Black text on #EEBEAA has a contrast ratio of 12.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.67:1.