HEX atlas value

#E4D8BE

#E4D8BE is a warm orange HEX color close to Bone. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 228, 216, 190, HSL 41, 41%, 82%, has luminance 0.6932, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#E4D8BE Sample readable text

HEX #E4D8BE

RGB rgb(228, 216, 190)

HSL hsl(41 41% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 5, 17, 11)

Luminance 0.6932

Contrast Black 14.86:1White 1.41:1

CSS

--color-e4d8be: #E4D8BE;
.background-e4d8be { background-color: #E4D8BE; }
.text-e4d8be { color: #E4D8BE; }

Luminance0.6932

Black text14.86:1AA Pass

White text1.41:1AA 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":"#E4D8BE","rgb":[228,216,190],"hsl":[41,41,82],"cmyk":[0,5,17,11],"luminance":0.6932,"contrast":{"black":14.86,"white":1.41}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.86,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.41,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.49,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.99,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DDE4BE","hex":"#DDE4BE","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.92,"contrastWhite":1.32,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EEDCB4","hex":"#EEDCB4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.53,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Bone adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e4d8be.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pearl.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/limestone.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#BECAE4","analogous":["#E4C5BE","#DDE4BE"],"triadic":["#BEE4D8","#D8BEE4"],"tetradic":["#BEE4C5","#BECAE4","#E4BEDD"],"splitComplementary":["#BEDDE4","#C5BEE4"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#E4D8BE","#C9B17E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#C9B17E","saturated":"#EEDCB4","desaturated":"#DAD4C8","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":11.224972160321824},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":14.142135623730951},{"slug":"limestone","name":"Limestone","hex":"#D8D2C4","distance":14.696938456699069},{"slug":"feldspar","name":"Feldspar","hex":"#F0CDB7","distance":17.72004514666935},{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":18.49324200890693}]

HEX meaning and use

About #E4D8BE

#E4D8BE is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #E4D8BE is visually closest to Bone, a named orange color with HEX #E3DAC9.

The RGB channels are 228, 216, and 190, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 41deg with 41% saturation and 82% 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 0.6932, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.22, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.86:1AA Pass

White text1.41:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E4D8BE needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.86:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.41:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

Vellum#000000 text · best 16.49:1#EFE3C8

Pearl#000000 text · best 15.99:1#EAE0C8

#DDE4BE#000000 text · best 15.92:1#DDE4BE

#EEDCB4#000000 text · best 15.53:1#EEDCB4

Generated Palette

#E4D8BE#E4D8BE

#BECAE4#BECAE4

#E4C5BE#E4C5BE

#DDE4BE#DDE4BE

White#FFFFFF

#C9B17E#C9B17E

Color Harmonies

#BECAE4#BECAE4

#E4C5BE#E4C5BE

#DDE4BE#DDE4BE

#BEE4D8#BEE4D8

#D8BEE4#D8BEE4

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#C9B17E#C9B17E

#EEDCB4#EEDCB4

#DAD4C8#DAD4C8

White#FFFFFF

#FFEFCC#FFEFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Bone#E3DAC9

Pearl#EAE0C8

Limestone#D8D2C4

Feldspar#F0CDB7

Vellum#EFE3C8

#E4D8BE

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #E4D8BE

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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