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#eadacf

a pale, soft orange · warm · closest name: Linen

Token name suggestion: Mist Clay

RGB
234, 218, 207
HSL
24°, 39%, 87%
CMYK
0, 7, 12, 8
Luminance
0.7214

#eadacf is a pale soft orange, 24° on the wheel and 3/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.43:1). As text it scores 1.36:1 on white — use #9E6945 instead. Nearest name is Linen, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(24 39% 87%)rgb(234 218 207)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eadacf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eadacf
Hue
24°
orange
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
87%
pale
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7214
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
3/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
15.43:1
Closest name
Linen
ΔE2000 5.2
Chroma
8.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.898
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 26
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue24° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness87%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eadacf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool3% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red24%
Green70%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eadacf
HEX (8-digit)#eadacfff
RGBrgb(234, 218, 207)
RGBArgba(234, 218, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(24, 39%, 87%)
HSV / HSBhsv(24, 12%, 92%)
HWBhwb(24 81% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 12%, 8%)
LABlab(88.0 3.7 7.4)
LCHlch(88.0 8.2 63.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.898 0.023 56.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(70.26, 72.14, 69.24)
Decimal15391439
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.855 0.812)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eadacf;
background-color: #eadacf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eadacf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eadacf] bg-[#eadacf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eadacf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.855, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.855, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EADACF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEADACF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEADACF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 218, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 218, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 218, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 218, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.8549f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,218,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eadacf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eadacf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#593B27, #ECDED4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eadacf h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF7F5;
  --brand-100: #F4EFEB;
  --brand-200: #eadacf;
  --brand-300: #DDC3B1;
  --brand-400: #CCA58A;
  --brand-500: #BB8763;
  --brand-600: #AA714B;
  --brand-700: #8E5F3E;
  --brand-800: #724C32;
  --brand-900: #533927;
  --brand-950: #342418;
  --brand: #eadacf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #E6D3C6;
  --brand-hover: #DFC7B6;
  --brand-pressed: #D4B49D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241A14;
    --brand-ink: #ECDED4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF7F5',
        100: '#F4EFEB',
        200: '#eadacf',
        300: '#DDC3B1',
        400: '#CCA58A',
        500: '#BB8763',
        600: '#AA714B',
        700: '#8E5F3E',
        800: '#724C32',
        900: '#533927',
        950: '#342418',
        DEFAULT: '#eadacf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF7F5,
  '100': #F4EFEB,
  '200': #eadacf,
  '300': #DDC3B1,
  '400': #CCA58A,
  '500': #BB8763,
  '600': #AA714B,
  '700': #8E5F3E,
  '800': #724C32,
  '900': #533927,
  '950': #342418,
);
$brand-base: #eadacf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF7F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4EFEB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eadacf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DDC3B1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CCA58A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BB8763", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AA714B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8E5F3E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#724C32", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#533927", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#342418", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eadacf · 15.43:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.43:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eadacf as text scores 1.36:1 on white and 15.43:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #593B27 at 7.42:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#9E6945 · 4.60:1
AA on white−42% L
#9E6945
The quick fox
#774F34 · 7.11:1
AAA on white−53% L
#774F34
The quick fox
#eadacf · 15.43:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eadacf
The quick fox
#eadacf · 15.43:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eadacf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BB8865 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eadacf on white: 1.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eadacf on black: 15.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eadacf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eadacf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.36:1AaAa
Slate 501.30:1AaAa
Slate 1001.24:1AaAa
Slate 2001.10:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.88:1AaAa
Slate 5003.50:1AaAa
Slate 6005.57:1AaAa
Slate 7007.61:1AaAa
Slate 80010.75:1AaAa
Slate 90013.12:1AaAa
Black15.43:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DFDBCE
deuteranopia · #E2DECF
tritanopia · #F0D7D7

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eadacf is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF7F5
#F4EFEB
#eadacf
#DDC3B1
#CCA58A
#BB8763
#AA714B
#8E5F3E
#724C32
#533927
#342418
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF7F5Darkest = 950 · #342418Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.006 56.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.009 56.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.014 56.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.018 56.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.021 56.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.023 56.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.023 56.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.022 56.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.019 56.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.016 56.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.013 56.9);
}

Colors that work with #eadacf

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF7F4
Tinted page background
Border#E6D3C6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B6B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3B8591
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#593B27
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7F1ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241A14
Dark-mode background
Hover#DFC7B6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D4B49D
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F4F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F3E5DB
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eadacf

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #593B27
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BB8865

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight14/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CFDFEA
Analogous left#EACFD2
Analogous right#EAE8CF
Split-complement 1#CFEAE8
Split-complement 2#CFD2EA
Triadic 1#CFEADA
Triadic 2#DACFEA
Tetradic#D2EACF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°24°

#eadacf sits at 24°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green85.5%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
218
0xda
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta6.8%
Yellow11.5%
Key (black)8.2%

Total ink coverage is 27%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eadacf text on a black background

contrast 15.43:1

Card sample

#eadacf text on a white background

contrast 1.36:1

Card sample

#eadacf on grey

1.24:1

#eadacf on its own surface

1.28:1

#eadacf on its dark surface

12.51:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eadacf;
Background color
Panel with #eadacf background
background-color: #eadacf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eadacf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 218, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 218, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eadacf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eadacf, #E8EACF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eadacf, #E1EACF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eadacf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eadacf;
caret-color: #eadacf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eadacf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7F1ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eadacf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eadacf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eadacf over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(234, 218, 207, 0.5)
rgb(234 218 207 / 50%)
#eadacf80
hsl(24 39% 87% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eadacf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eadacf1a#FDFBFA
20%#eadacf33#FBF8F5
40%#eadacf66#F7F0EC
60%#eadacf99#F2E9E2
80%#eadacfcc#EEE1D9

Gradients from #eadacf

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9F4F1, #eadacf 45%, #593B27);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eadacf, #DBE1BA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eadacf, #CFDFEA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAF7F4 0%, #eadacf 45%, #593B27 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF7F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FAF3F4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F3F3E4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #593B27 0%, transparent 65%), #eadacf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eadacf

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eadacf in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 15.43:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eadacf, answered

What color is #eadacf?

#eadacf is a pale soft orange, closest to Linen (ΔE2000 5.2). It sits at 24° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 87% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eadacf?

rgb(234, 218, 207) — 234 red, 218 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 85.5% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #eadacf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(24, 39%, 87%) and hsv(24, 12%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eadacf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7214 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 15.43:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eadacf?

Black. It scores 15.43:1 against #eadacf, versus 1.36:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eadacf accessible on a white background?

#eadacf on white scores 1.36:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #9E6945 to reach 4.5:1, or #774F34 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eadacf?

#CFDFEA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CFEAE8 and #CFD2EA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eadacf?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #E6D3C6 for borders, #9B6B4B for secondary text, #3B8591 as an accent and #593B27 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EACFD2 and #EAE8CF stays calm, while #CFDFEA is the loudest partner.

What is #eadacf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 7%, 12%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eadacf warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 3 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F2E8E1; nudged cooler, #EBD0CE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eadacf?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 26 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eadacf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eadacf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eadacf] or text-[#eadacf], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eadacf with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 218, 207, 0.5), or #eadacf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5EDE7; over black, #756D68.

Is #eadacf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 13.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eadacf mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #eadacf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9F4F1, #eadacf 45%, #593B27). For more colour, a short hue run to #DBE1BA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eadacf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eadacf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.