HEX atlas value

#E8BA91

#E8BA91 is a warm orange HEX color close to Pale Gold. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 232, 186, 145, HSL 28, 65%, 74%, has luminance 0.5432, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#E8BA91 Sample readable text

HEX #E8BA91

RGB rgb(232, 186, 145)

HSL hsl(28 65% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 20, 38, 9)

Luminance 0.5432

Contrast Black 11.86:1White 1.77:1

CSS

--color-e8ba91: #E8BA91;
.background-e8ba91 { background-color: #E8BA91; }
.text-e8ba91 { color: #E8BA91; }

Luminance0.5432

Black text11.86:1AA Pass

White text1.77:1AA 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":"#E8BA91","rgb":[232,186,145],"hsl":[28,65,74],"cmyk":[0,20,38,9],"luminance":0.5432,"contrast":{"black":11.86,"white":1.77}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.86,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.77,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F8EADD","hex":"#F8EADD","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.8,"contrastWhite":1.18,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E8E592","hex":"#E8E592","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.05,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.26,"contrastWhite":1.71,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#F6B983","hex":"#F6B983","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.19,"contrastWhite":1.72,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.1,"contrastWhite":1.74,"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/e8ba91.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tan.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#92C0E8","analogous":["#E89294","#E8E592"],"triadic":["#92E8BA","#BA92E8"],"tetradic":["#94E892","#92C0E8","#E592E8"],"splitComplementary":["#92E8E5","#9294E8"],"monochromatic":["#F8EADD","#E8BA91","#D88A46"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8EADD","dark":"#D88A46","saturated":"#F6B983","desaturated":"#D9BBA0","pastel":"#FEFCFB","neon":"#FFCEA3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":8.306623862918075},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":14.2828568570857},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":23.345235059857504},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":26.40075756488817},{"slug":"pastel-coral","name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","distance":32.58834147360065}]

HEX meaning and use

About #E8BA91

#E8BA91 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #E8BA91 is visually closest to Pale Gold, a named orange color with HEX #E6BE8A.

The RGB channels are 232, 186, and 145, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 28deg with 65% 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 0.5432, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 8.31, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.86:1AA Pass

White text1.77:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E8BA91 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.86:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.77:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F8EADD#000000 text · best 17.8:1#F8EADD

#E8E592#000000 text · best 16.05:1#E8E592

Pastel Coral#000000 text · best 12.26:1#FFB3A7

#F6B983#000000 text · best 12.19:1#F6B983

Pale Gold#000000 text · best 12.1:1#E6BE8A

Generated Palette

#E8BA91#E8BA91

#92C0E8#92C0E8

#E89294#E89294

#E8E592#E8E592

#F8EADD#F8EADD

#D88A46#D88A46

Color Harmonies

#92C0E8#92C0E8

#E89294#E89294

#E8E592#E8E592

#92E8BA#92E8BA

#BA92E8#BA92E8

Variants

#F8EADD#F8EADD

#D88A46#D88A46

#F6B983#F6B983

#D9BBA0#D9BBA0

#FEFCFB#FEFCFB

#FFCEA3#FFCEA3

Nearest Named Colors

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Burly Wood#DEB887

Tan#D2B48C

Travertine#D6C1A3

Pastel Coral#FFB3A7

#E8BA91

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #E8BA91

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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