Burrito #EED7C1

Burrito (#EED7C1) is a very light, muted orange with an OKLCH hue of 66°, lightness 0.89 and chroma 0.039. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX#EED7C1
RGBrgb(238, 215, 193)
HSLhsl(29, 57%, 85%)
HSVhsv(29, 19%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 19%, 7%)
CIE Lablab(87.3 4.5 13.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.892 0.039 66)

How Burrito behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Burrito shifts subtly: leans toward red, gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Burrito in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.39:1 and against black 15.13:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Burrito

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffefdf · #eed7c1 · #b29e8c · #8a7969 · #655648 · #423529

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#eed7c1 · #efbb9f · #dda698 · #c89293 · #b1808d · #987085

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#eed7c1 · #b9bfa4 · #b89572 · #7a8450 · #795a3b · #43492f

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#eed7c1 · #749fc6 · #7f7368 · #66523d · #463523 · #261b10

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#eed7c1 · #b9bfc5 · #8c847c · #4d5154 · #271f18 · #010204

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#eed7c1 · #aba095 · #56493c · #3a2d20 · #190c01 · #f3a348

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#eed7c1 · #b3c0cc · #6789a8 · #2a5477 · #00223d · #120500

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#eed7c1 · #b3c0cc · #5a8f9c · #454c79 · #00262e · #010008

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#eed7c1 · #afc3c0 · #59918a · #5a4571 · #281738 · #000201

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#eed7c1 · #b4c3b8 · #689076 · #2a5477 · #33132c · #00040f

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#F0DCC8 · #F2E1D0 · #F4E5D7 · #F6EADF · #F8EFE6

Shades

#C3AF9B · #9A8877 · #736354 · #4E4134 · #2C2117

Muted

#EAD8C7 · #E6D9CC · #E2DAD2

Using Burrito

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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