HEX atlas value

#E9B7A5

#E9B7A5 is a warm orange HEX color close to Soft Coral. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 233, 183, 165, HSL 16, 61%, 78%, has luminance 0.5391, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#E9B7A5 Sample readable text

HEX #E9B7A5

RGB rgb(233, 183, 165)

HSL hsl(16 61% 78%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 21, 29, 9)

Luminance 0.5391

Contrast Black 11.78:1White 1.78:1

CSS

--color-e9b7a5: #E9B7A5;
.background-e9b7a5 { background-color: #E9B7A5; }
.text-e9b7a5 { color: #E9B7A5; }

Luminance0.5391

Black text11.78:1AA Pass

White text1.78:1AA 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":"#E9B7A5","rgb":[233,183,165],"hsl":[16,61,78],"cmyk":[0,21,29,9],"luminance":0.5391,"contrast":{"black":11.78,"white":1.78}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.78,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.78,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FBF2EF","hex":"#FBF2EF","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.05,"contrastWhite":1.1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E9D9A5","hex":"#E9D9A5","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.93,"contrastWhite":1.41,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.57,"contrastWhite":1.55,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#A5D7E9","hex":"#A5D7E9","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.5,"contrastWhite":1.56,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.03,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Soft Coral adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/e9b7a5.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-coral.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/desert-sand.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/travertine.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A5D7E9","analogous":["#E9A5B5","#E9D9A5"],"triadic":["#A5E9B7","#B7A5E9"],"tetradic":["#B5E9A5","#A5D7E9","#D9A5E9"],"splitComplementary":["#A5E9D9","#A5B5E9"],"monochromatic":["#FBF2EF","#E9B7A5","#D77C5B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FBF2EF","dark":"#D77C5B","saturated":"#F5B198","desaturated":"#DDBDB1","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFCBB8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"soft-coral","name":"Soft Coral","hex":"#F7A8A8","distance":20.73644135332772},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":20.97617696340303},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":21.563858652847824},{"slug":"pastel-coral","name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","distance":22.44994432064365},{"slug":"melon","name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","distance":25.495097567963924}]

HEX meaning and use

About #E9B7A5

#E9B7A5 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #E9B7A5 is visually closest to Soft Coral, a named red color with HEX #F7A8A8.

The RGB channels are 233, 183, and 165, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 16deg with 61% saturation and 78% 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 0.5391, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.74, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.78:1AA Pass

White text1.78:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #E9B7A5 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.78:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.78:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FBF2EF#000000 text · best 19.05:1#FBF2EF

#E9D9A5#000000 text · best 14.93:1#E9D9A5

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

#A5D7E9#000000 text · best 13.5:1#A5D7E9

Melon#000000 text · best 13.03:1#FDBCB4

Generated Palette

#E9B7A5#E9B7A5

#A5D7E9#A5D7E9

#E9A5B5#E9A5B5

#E9D9A5#E9D9A5

#FBF2EF#FBF2EF

#D77C5B#D77C5B

Color Harmonies

#A5D7E9#A5D7E9

#E9A5B5#E9A5B5

#E9D9A5#E9D9A5

#A5E9B7#A5E9B7

#B7A5E9#B7A5E9

Variants

#FBF2EF#FBF2EF

#D77C5B#D77C5B

#F5B198#F5B198

#DDBDB1#DDBDB1

White#FFFFFF

#FFCBB8#FFCBB8

Nearest Named Colors

Soft Coral#F7A8A8

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Travertine#D6C1A3

Pastel Coral#FFB3A7

Melon#FDBCB4

#E9B7A5

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #E9B7A5

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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