What color is #E1CCAF?

#E1CCAF is a light, desaturated orange known as Macadamia. It belongs to the beige family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Macadamia?

The RGB value is 225, 204, 175: 225 red, 204 green and 175 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Macadamia?

The complementary color is #AFC4E1, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #E1CCAF?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 13.46:1 and white text 1.56:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Macadamia color: hex code #E1CCAF

#E1CCAF rgb(225, 204, 175)

Shades of beige

Macadamia has the hex code #E1CCAF. It is a light, desaturated orange.

In the RGB color model it is made of 88.2% red, 80% green and 68.6% blue (225, 204, 175).

Its hue angle is 35°, with 45% saturation and 78% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 22% yellow and 12% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 13.46:1).

Macadamia (#E1CCAF) color codes

HEX	`#E1CCAF`
RGB	`rgb(225, 204, 175)`
RGB percent	`rgb(88.2%, 80%, 68.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(35, 45%, 78%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(35, 22%, 88%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 9%, 22%, 12%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(83.07, 2.81, 17.13)`
CIE LCH	`lch(83.07, 17.36, 80.68)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(60.382, 62.29, 49.392)`
Decimal	`14797999`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Macadamia, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #E1CCAF	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	13.46:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.56:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#E1CCAF as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.56:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	13.46:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #E1CCAF looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #e1ccaf; }
.text { color: #e1ccaf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e1ccaf; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(225 204 175 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #e1ccaf, #dde1af); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Wheat.

See #E1CCAF on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #E1CCAF?: #E1CCAF is a light, desaturated orange known as Macadamia. It belongs to the beige family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Macadamia?: The RGB value is 225, 204, 175: 225 red, 204 green and 175 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Macadamia?: The complementary color is #AFC4E1, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #E1CCAF?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 13.46:1 and white text 1.56:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.