HEX atlas value

#7A550B

#7A550B is a warm orange HEX color close to Sepia. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 122, 85, 11, HSL 40, 83%, 26%, has luminance 0.1066, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#7A550B Sample readable text

HEX #7A550B

RGB rgb(122, 85, 11)

HSL hsl(40 83% 26%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 30, 91, 52)

Luminance 0.1066

Contrast Black 3.13:1White 6.7:1

CSS

--color-7a550b: #7A550B;
.background-7a550b { background-color: #7A550B; }
.text-7a550b { color: #7A550B; }

Luminance0.1066

Black text3.13:1AA Fail

White text6.7:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#7A550B","rgb":[122,85,11],"hsl":[40,83,26],"cmyk":[0,30,91,52],"luminance":0.1066,"contrast":{"black":3.13,"white":6.7}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.13,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.7,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#251A03","hex":"#251A03","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.23,"contrastWhite":17.1,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0B3079","hex":"#0B3079","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.71,"contrastWhite":12.25,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#791E0B","hex":"#791E0B","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2,"contrastWhite":10.48,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.48,"contrastWhite":8.47,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#CD8F13","hex":"#CD8F13","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.53,"contrastWhite":2.79,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Sepia adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/7a550b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sepia.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/saddle-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0B3079","analogous":["#791E0B","#67790B"],"triadic":["#0B7955","#550B79"],"tetradic":["#0B791E","#0B3079","#790B67"],"splitComplementary":["#0B6779","#1E0B79"],"monochromatic":["#CD8F13","#7A550B","#251A03"]}

Variants

{"light":"#CD8F13","dark":"#251A03","saturated":"#855800","desaturated":"#6B501A","pastel":"#D79E2D","neon":"#AD7400"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sepia","name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","distance":23.280893453645632},{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":24.677925358506133},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":36.578682316343766},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":41.50903516103452},{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":44.78839135311738}]

HEX meaning and use

About #7A550B

#7A550B is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #7A550B is visually closest to Sepia, a named orange color with HEX #704214.

The RGB channels are 122, 85, and 11, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 40deg with 83% saturation and 26% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.1066, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 23.28, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.13:1AA Fail

White text6.7:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #7A550B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.13:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.7:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#251A03#FFFFFF text · best 17.1:1#251A03

#0B3079#FFFFFF text · best 12.25:1#0B3079

#791E0B#FFFFFF text · best 10.48:1#791E0B

Sepia#FFFFFF text · best 8.47:1#704214

#CD8F13#000000 text · best 7.53:1#CD8F13

Generated Palette

#7A550B#7A550B

#0B3079#0B3079

#791E0B#791E0B

#67790B#67790B

#CD8F13#CD8F13

#251A03#251A03

Color Harmonies

#0B3079#0B3079

#791E0B#791E0B

#67790B#67790B

#0B7955#0B7955

#550B79#550B79

Variants

#CD8F13#CD8F13

#251A03#251A03

#855800#855800

#6B501A#6B501A

#D79E2D#D79E2D

#AD7400#AD7400

Nearest Named Colors

Sepia#704214

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Cedar#8B5A2B

Fern Frond#657220

Olive#808000

#7A550B

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #7A550B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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