HEX atlas value

#E4CA95

#E4CA95 is a warm orange HEX color close to Pale Gold. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 228, 202, 149, HSL 40, 59%, 74%, has luminance 0.609, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#E4CA95 Sample readable text

HEX #E4CA95

RGB rgb(228, 202, 149)

HSL hsl(40 59% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 11, 35, 11)

Luminance 0.609

Contrast Black 13.18:1White 1.59:1

CSS

--color-e4ca95: #E4CA95;
.background-e4ca95 { background-color: #E4CA95; }
.text-e4ca95 { color: #E4CA95; }

Luminance0.609

Black text13.18:1AA Pass

White text1.59:1AA Fail

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":"#E4CA95","rgb":[228,202,149],"hsl":[40,59,74],"cmyk":[0,11,35,11],"luminance":0.609,"contrast":{"black":13.18,"white":1.59}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.18,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.59,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F7EFDF","hex":"#F7EFDF","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.37,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D7E496","hex":"#D7E496","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.43,"contrastWhite":1.36,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Soft Peach","hex":"#FAD7A0","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.29,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F2CF87","hex":"#F2CF87","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.05,"contrastWhite":1.49,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.57,"contrastWhite":1.55,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Pale Gold adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e4ca95.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/travertine.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#96B0E4","analogous":["#E4A396","#D7E496"],"triadic":["#96E4CA","#CA96E4"],"tetradic":["#96E4A3","#96B0E4","#E496D7"],"splitComplementary":["#96D7E4","#A396E4"],"monochromatic":["#F7EFDF","#E4CA95","#D1A54D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F7EFDF","dark":"#D1A54D","saturated":"#F2CF87","desaturated":"#D5C5A4","pastel":"#FEFDFB","neon":"#FFE0A3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":16.401219466856727},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":21.748563170931547},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":23.57965224510319},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":27.53179979587241},{"slug":"soft-peach","name":"Soft Peach","hex":"#FAD7A0","distance":27.820855486487112}]

HEX meaning and use

About #E4CA95

#E4CA95 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #E4CA95 is visually closest to Pale Gold, a named orange color with HEX #E6BE8A.

The RGB channels are 228, 202, and 149, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 40deg with 59% saturation and 74% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light 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 0.609, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 16.40, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.18:1AA Pass

White text1.59:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E4CA95 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.18:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.59:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F7EFDF#000000 text · best 18.37:1#F7EFDF

#D7E496#000000 text · best 15.43:1#D7E496

Soft Peach#000000 text · best 15.29:1#FAD7A0

#F2CF87#000000 text · best 14.05:1#F2CF87

Desert Sand#000000 text · best 13.57:1#EDC9AF

Generated Palette

#E4CA95#E4CA95

#96B0E4#96B0E4

#E4A396#E4A396

#D7E496#D7E496

#F7EFDF#F7EFDF

#D1A54D#D1A54D

Color Harmonies

#96B0E4#96B0E4

#E4A396#E4A396

#D7E496#D7E496

#96E4CA#96E4CA

#CA96E4#CA96E4

Variants

#F7EFDF#F7EFDF

#D1A54D#D1A54D

#F2CF87#F2CF87

#D5C5A4#D5C5A4

#FEFDFB#FEFDFB

#FFE0A3#FFE0A3

Nearest Named Colors

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Travertine#D6C1A3

Burly Wood#DEB887

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

#E4CA95

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #E4CA95

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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