Light salmon

#eaa981

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light salmon, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light salmon is a light orange with open warmth. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Light salmon color values

Every conversion for #eaa981, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eaa981

RGB234, 169, 129

HSL23, 71%, 71%

HSV23, 45%, 92%

CMYK0%, 28%, 45%, 8%

Lab74.48, 19.16, 30.06

XYZ52.08, 47.45, 27.18

Decimal15378817

Web safe#ff9999

Pantone472 C

Shades of light salmon

#e59665 #e18248 #dc6f2c #c55f21 #a9521c #8c4417 #703613 #53280e #371a09 #1a0d04

Tints of light salmon

#ecb18c #eeb897 #f0c0a2 #f1c7ad #f3cfb8 #f5d6c3 #f7dece #f9e5da #fbede5 #fcf5f0

Colors that go with light salmon

Complementary#81c2ea Analogous#ea818d Analogous#eade81 Triadic#81eaa9 Triadic#a981ea Split complementary#81eade Split complementary#818dea

Light salmon in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 28, 45, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eaa981 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 28 45 8

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 30 45 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light salmon in css

Copy #eaa981 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eaa981; }
.text { color: #eaa981; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eaa981; }

How light salmon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light salmon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eaa981 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eaa981 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light salmon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #eaa981 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light salmon? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light salmon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #eaa981 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light salmon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #eaa981 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.