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#EECCAE — Light Orange

#EECCAE 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 #EECCAE 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.

#EECCAE 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 #AFD1EE; it also sits naturally between #EEAFB1 and #EEECAF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EECCAE · RGB 238, 204, 174

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Color values

HEX#EECCAE
RGB238, 204, 174
HSL28°, 65%, 81%
HSV28°, 27%, 93%
CMYK0%, 14%, 27%, 7%
XYZ64.49, 64.42, 49.08
Yxy64.42, 0.3623, 0.3619
CIE-Lab84.18, 7.54, 19.38
Hunter Lab80.26, 7.38, 16.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 80% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 27% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EECCAE

.text { color: #EECCAE; }
.background { background-color: #EECCAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EECCAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 204, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(28, 65%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EECCAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 204, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EECCAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 204, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EECCAE

#E7B78D#E1A570#DA8F4E#D27A2D#B56926#93551F#724218#502E11#321D0B#110A04

Tints of #EECCAE

#F0D2B7#F1D4BC#F3DAC4#F3DCC8#F5E2D1#F6E4D5#F8EADD#F9ECE2#FBF2EA#FBF4EE

Tones of #EECCAE

#EACDB3#E5CDB8#E0CDBD#DCCEC1#D8CEC5#D3CECA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AFD1EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.51:1 Fails
Against black text13.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #EECCAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EECCAE

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 #EECCAE: ·

How #EECCAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DFDFB5Deuteranopia · #E1E4B7Tritanopia · #ECBBBC

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 #EECCAE rather than the exact color:

Palette 131842
#131842 · #E68369 · #ECCEAE · #FBF6E2
Palette F5e8c7
#F5E8C7 · #ECCCB2 · #DEB6AB · #AC7088
Scarlet Petal
#DCDEF4 · #DBBEE5 · #EDB8CF · #EEC7AB
Palette Edcfa9
#EDCFA9 · #E89F71 · #D57149 · #AA4A30
Velvet Ruby Bloom
#572A92 · #CA49BB · #DA7F91 · #E8CAAE
Gentle Ruby Mirage
#EFC6B0 · #D4E2B8 · #D9F7E3 · #BAE0F0

Similar colors

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

#ECCEAE#ECCCB2#EEC7AB#EDCFA9#E8CAAE#EFC6B0#EFD2B0#ECCDB4#EBCBB4#EACEB4#EED3B1#F3D2AF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EECCAD  ·  #EECCAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EECCAE?

#EECCAE is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 238, 204, 174). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EECCAE?

#EECCAE is RGB 238, 204, 174 — HSL 28°, 65%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 27%, 7%.

What colors go with #EECCAE?

Its complement is #AFD1EE; analogous partners are #EEAFB1 and #EEECAF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EECCAE for text?

Black text on #EECCAE has a contrast ratio of 13.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.