HEX atlas value

#E59D80

#E59D80 is a warm orange HEX color close to Dark Salmon. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 229, 157, 128, HSL 17, 66%, 70%, has luminance 0.4233, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#E59D80 Sample readable text

HEX #E59D80

RGB rgb(229, 157, 128)

HSL hsl(17 66% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 31, 44, 10)

Luminance 0.4233

Contrast Black 9.47:1White 2.22:1

CSS

--color-e59d80: #E59D80;
.background-e59d80 { background-color: #E59D80; }
.text-e59d80 { color: #E59D80; }

Luminance0.4233

Black text9.47:1AA Pass

White text2.22:1AA 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":"#E59D80","rgb":[229,157,128],"hsl":[17,66,70],"cmyk":[0,31,44,10],"luminance":0.4233,"contrast":{"black":9.47,"white":2.22}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.47,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.22,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F5D8CC","hex":"#F5D8CC","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.58,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E5CF80","hex":"#E5CF80","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.57,"contrastWhite":1.55,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#80C8E5","hex":"#80C8E5","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.31,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.31,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.56,"contrastWhite":1.99,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Dark Salmon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e59d80.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-salmon.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#80C8E5","analogous":["#E58096","#E5CF80"],"triadic":["#80E59D","#9D80E5"],"tetradic":["#96E580","#80C8E5","#CF80E5"],"splitComplementary":["#80E5CF","#8096E5"],"monochromatic":["#F5D8CC","#E59D80","#D56234"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F5D8CC","dark":"#D56234","saturated":"#F6956F","desaturated":"#D4A491","pastel":"#F9EFEC","neon":"#FFAF8F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":10.04987562112089},{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":13.19090595827292},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":26.851443164195103},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":28.75760768909681},{"slug":"light-coral","name":"Light Coral","hex":"#F08080","distance":31.016124838541646}]

HEX meaning and use

About #E59D80

#E59D80 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #E59D80 is visually closest to Dark Salmon, a named orange color with HEX #E9967A.

The RGB channels are 229, 157, and 128, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 17deg with 66% saturation and 70% 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 0.4233, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 10.05, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.47:1AA Pass

White text2.22:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E59D80 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.47:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.22:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F5D8CC#000000 text · best 15.58:1#F5D8CC

#E5CF80#000000 text · best 13.57:1#E5CF80

#80C8E5#000000 text · best 11.31:1#80C8E5

Burly Wood#000000 text · best 11.31:1#DEB887

Light Salmon#000000 text · best 10.56:1#FFA07A

Generated Palette

#E59D80#E59D80

#80C8E5#80C8E5

#E58096#E58096

#E5CF80#E5CF80

#F5D8CC#F5D8CC

#D56234#D56234

Color Harmonies

#80C8E5#80C8E5

#E58096#E58096

#E5CF80#E5CF80

#80E59D#80E59D

#9D80E5#9D80E5

Variants

#F5D8CC#F5D8CC

#D56234#D56234

#F6956F#F6956F

#D4A491#D4A491

#F9EFEC#F9EFEC

#FFAF8F#FFAF8F

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Burly Wood#DEB887

Light Coral#F08080

#E59D80

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #E59D80

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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