Information about #EEC9AA color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored amber-leaning orange, #EEC9AA has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Peachpuff (#EECBAD). Slightly further away sit Pastel Tan (#E9C9AA) and Desert Sand (#EDC9AF).
The recipe behind #EEC9AA is rgb(238, 201, 170), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 13.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #EEC9AA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#EEC9AA color variations
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#EEC9AA color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#EEC9AA color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#EEC9AA color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#EEC9AA color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#EEC9AA color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #EEC9AA color
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Nearest named colors to #EEC9AA
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#EECBAD
#E9C9AA
#EDC9AF
#E7C9A9
#EEC7A2
#EBC2AF
#E9C2A6
#E4C9A8
#E4CBAB
#E6D0AB
#EDD2A4
#F4D0A4
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#EEC9AA
- RGB238, 201, 170
- CMYK0, 15, 27, 7
- CSSrgb(238, 201, 170)
- HSL27°, 67%, 80%
- HSL Precise27.353°, 66.667%, 80%
- HSV27°, 29%, 93%
- HSB27°, 29%, 93%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.933
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.788
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.667
- GLSLvec3(0.933, 0.788, 0.667)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.933, 0.788, 0.667, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.933, 0.788, 0.667)
- Percentage of Red in RGB93.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB78.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB66.7%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDEEC9AA
- DECIMAL ID15649194
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers30 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
