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#eed7c2

a light, vivid orange · warm · closest name: Bisque

Token name suggestion: Drift Marmalade

RGB
238, 215, 194
HSL
29°, 56%, 85%
CMYK
0, 10, 19, 7
Luminance
0.7067

#eed7c2 is a light vivid orange, 29° on the wheel and 1/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.13:1). As text it scores 1.39:1 on white — use #A6682E instead. Nearest name is Bisque, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(29 56% 85%)rgb(238 215 194)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eed7c2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eed7c2
Hue
29°
orange
Saturation
56%
vivid
Lightness
85%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7067
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
1/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.13:1
Closest name
Bisque
ΔE2000 4.6
Chroma
14.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.892
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 22.9
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue29° of 360°
Saturation56%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eed7c2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool1% 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
Red26%
Green69%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#eed7c2
HEX (8-digit)#eed7c2ff
RGBrgb(238, 215, 194)
RGBArgba(238, 215, 194, 1)
HSLhsl(29, 56%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(29, 18%, 93%)
HWBhwb(29 76% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 19%, 7%)
LABlab(87.3 4.6 13.3)
LCHlch(87.3 14.1 70.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.892 0.038 64.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.30, 70.67, 61.02)
Decimal15652802
Display P3color(display-p3 0.933 0.843 0.761)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eed7c2;
background-color: #eed7c2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eed7c2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eed7c2] bg-[#eed7c2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eed7c2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.843, blue: 0.761)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.843, blue: 0.761, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EED7C2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEED7C2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEED7C2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(194, 215, 238)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(238, 215, 194)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(238, 215, 194)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 238, 215, 194)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9333f, 0.8431f, 0.7608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{238,215,194}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eed7c2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eed7c2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#643E1C, #EEE0D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eed7c2 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: #FBF7F4;
  --brand-100: #F6EFE9;
  --brand-200: #eed7c2;
  --brand-300: #E7C5A7;
  --brand-400: #DAA97B;
  --brand-500: #CE8C50;
  --brand-600: #BF7735;
  --brand-700: #A0632C;
  --brand-800: #804F24;
  --brand-900: #5D3C1D;
  --brand-950: #3A2512;
  --brand: #eed7c2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF7F4;
  --brand-border: #EDD5C0;
  --brand-hover: #E6C5A6;
  --brand-pressed: #DEB28A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241C14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE0D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF7F4',
        100: '#F6EFE9',
        200: '#eed7c2',
        300: '#E7C5A7',
        400: '#DAA97B',
        500: '#CE8C50',
        600: '#BF7735',
        700: '#A0632C',
        800: '#804F24',
        900: '#5D3C1D',
        950: '#3A2512',
        DEFAULT: '#eed7c2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF7F4,
  '100': #F6EFE9,
  '200': #eed7c2,
  '300': #E7C5A7,
  '400': #DAA97B,
  '500': #CE8C50,
  '600': #BF7735,
  '700': #A0632C,
  '800': #804F24,
  '900': #5D3C1D,
  '950': #3A2512,
);
$brand-base: #eed7c2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF7F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EFE9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eed7c2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E7C5A7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DAA97B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CE8C50", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BF7735", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A0632C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#804F24", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5D3C1D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3A2512", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eed7c2 · 15.13:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.39:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.13:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eed7c2 as text scores 1.39:1 on white and 15.13:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #643E1C at 6.73:1.

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
#A6682E · 4.52:1
AA on white−43% L
#A6682E
The quick fox
#7A4C22 · 7.28:1
AAA on white−54% L
#7A4C22
The quick fox
#eed7c2 · 15.13:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eed7c2
The quick fox
#eed7c2 · 15.13:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eed7c2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CA8342 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
#eed7c2 on white: 1.39:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eed7c2 on black: 15.13:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eed7c2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eed7c2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.39:1AaAa
Slate 501.33:1AaAa
Slate 1001.27:1AaAa
Slate 2001.13:1AaAa
Slate 3001.07:1AaAa
Slate 4001.85:1AaAa
Slate 5003.43:1AaAa
Slate 6005.46:1AaAa
Slate 7007.46:1AaAa
Slate 80010.54:1AaAa
Slate 90012.87:1AaAa
Black15.13:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DFD8C1
deuteranopia · #E4DDC2
tritanopia · #F6D2D1

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. #eed7c2 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.

#FBF7F4
#F6EFE9
#eed7c2
#E7C5A7
#DAA97B
#CE8C50
#BF7735
#A0632C
#804F24
#5D3C1D
#3A2512
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBF7F4Darkest = 950 · #3A2512Text 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 0.010 64.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.015 64.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.023 64.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.030 64.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.035 64.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.038 64.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.038 64.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.036 64.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.032 64.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.027 64.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.021 64.7);
}

Colors that work with #eed7c2

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#EDD5C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B714B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2788A5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#643E1C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9F2EB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241C14
Dark-mode background
Hover#E6C5A6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DEB28A
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F5F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F5E1CF
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eed7c2

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #643E1C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CA8342

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight15/100
  • 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#C2D9EE
Analogous left#EEC2C3
Analogous right#EEEDC2
Split-complement 1#C2EEED
Split-complement 2#C2C3EE
Triadic 1#C2EED7
Triadic 2#D7C2EE
Tetradic#C3EEC2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°29°

#eed7c2 sits at 29°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.3%
Green84.3%
Blue76.1%
R · 0–255
238
0xee
G · 0–255
215
0xd7
B · 0–255
194
0xc2

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta9.7%
Yellow18.5%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 35%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eed7c2 text on a black background

contrast 15.13:1

Card sample

#eed7c2 text on a white background

contrast 1.39:1

Card sample

#eed7c2 on grey

1.27:1

#eed7c2 on its own surface

1.30:1

#eed7c2 on its dark surface

12.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eed7c2;
Background color
Panel with #eed7c2 background
background-color: #eed7c2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eed7c2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(238, 215, 194, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(238, 215, 194, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eed7c2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eed7c2, #E8EEC2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eed7c2, #DDEEC2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eed7c2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eed7c2;
caret-color: #eed7c2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eed7c2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9F2EB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eed7c2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eed7c2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eed7c2 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(238, 215, 194, 0.5)
rgb(238 215 194 / 50%)
#eed7c280
hsl(29 56% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eed7c2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eed7c21a#FDFBF9
20%#eed7c233#FCF7F3
40%#eed7c266#F8EFE7
60%#eed7c299#F5E7DA
80%#eed7c2cc#F1DFCE

Gradients from #eed7c2

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, #FBF5EF, #eed7c2 45%, #643E1C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eed7c2, #D9E7AA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eed7c2, #C2D9EE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF7F3 0%, #eed7c2 45%, #643E1C 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%, #F9EAEB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F3F5DA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #643E1C 0%, transparent 65%), #eed7c2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eed7c2

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.

#eed7c2 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 15.13:1.

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.

#eed7c2, answered

What color is #eed7c2?

#eed7c2 is a light vivid orange, closest to Bisque (ΔE2000 4.6). It sits at 29° on the hue wheel with 56% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eed7c2?

rgb(238, 215, 194) — 238 red, 215 green and 194 blue out of 255, or 93.3% / 84.3% / 76.1% by channel.

What is #eed7c2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(29, 56%, 85%) and hsv(29, 18%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eed7c2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7067 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 15.13:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eed7c2?

Black. It scores 15.13:1 against #eed7c2, versus 1.39:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eed7c2 accessible on a white background?

#eed7c2 on white scores 1.39:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #A6682E to reach 4.5:1, or #7A4C22 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eed7c2?

#C2D9EE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C2EEED and #C2C3EE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eed7c2?

For interface work: #FAF7F4 as the surface, #EDD5C0 for borders, #9B714B for secondary text, #2788A5 as an accent and #643E1C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EEC2C3 and #EEEDC2 stays calm, while #C2D9EE is the loudest partner.

What is #eed7c2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 10%, 19%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eed7c2 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 1 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F4E3D6; nudged cooler, #EFC6C1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eed7c2?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 22.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eed7c2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eed7c2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eed7c2] or text-[#eed7c2], 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 #eed7c2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(238, 215, 194, 0.5), or #eed7c280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7EBE1; over black, #776C61.

Is #eed7c2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 14.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eed7c2 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eed7c2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBF5EF, #eed7c2 45%, #643E1C). For more colour, a short hue run to #D9E7AA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eed7c2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eed7c2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.