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#EED6BE Color

#EED6BE is rgb(238, 214, 190) in RGB, hsl(30, 59%, 84%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 10%, 20%, 7%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Lumber (#FFE4CD), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 5.34. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#EED6BE
HEX#EED6BE
RGBrgb(238, 214, 190)
HSLhsl(30, 59%, 84%)
HSVhsv(30, 20%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 20%, 7%)
OKLCHoklch(89% 0.042 67.2)
LABlab(87.17% 5.85 15.09)
LCHlch(87.17% 16.19 68.83)

What #EED6BE Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #EED6BE, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every orange in the library.

#EED6BE Channel Values

How #EED6BE breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 238 · G 214 · B 1908-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 30° · S 59% · L 84%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 30° · S 20% · V 93%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 10% · Y 20% · K 7%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.4:1 vs white · 15:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #EED6BE background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.4:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text15:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #EED6BE

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #EED6BE; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #EED6BE

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #EED6BE.

How #EED6BE Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#EED6BE
Protanopia#DADABE
Protanomaly#E2D9BE
Deuteranopia#DEDEBD
Deuteranomaly#E5DBBD
Tritanopia#F0D3D3
Tritanomaly#EFD4CB
Achromatopsia#DADADA

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #EED6BE in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-eed6be: #EED6BE;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #EED6BE;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-eed6be': '#EED6BE' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.839, blue: 0.745)
Android XML<color name="color_eed6be">#EED6BE</color>
SVG fillfill="#EED6BE"

More Orange Colors

#EED6BE sits in the orange family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#EED6BE Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #EED6BE?

#EED6BE is a lightest orange — rgb(238, 214, 190) in RGB and hsl(30, 59%, 84%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Lumber (#FFE4CD), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 5.34.

What is the RGB value of #EED6BE?

#EED6BE is rgb(238, 214, 190) — red 238, green 214, and blue 190 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #EED6BE?

#EED6BE converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 10%, 20%, 7%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #EED6BE be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #EED6BE scores 1.4:1 against white and 15:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #EED6BE as a CSS color keyword?

No. #EED6BE is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is bisque (#FFE4C4) at a CIE76 distance of 6.54, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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