HEX atlas value

#EAC153

#EAC153 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Buttercup. RGB 234, 193, 83, HSL 44° 78% 62%, luminance 0.5626; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#EAC153 Sample readable text

HEX #EAC153

RGB rgb(234, 193, 83)

HSL hsl(44 78% 62%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 18, 65, 8)

Luminance 0.5626

Contrast Black 12.25:1White 1.71:1

CSS

--color-eac153: #EAC153;
.background-eac153 { background-color: #EAC153; }
.text-eac153 { color: #EAC153; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EAC153

#EAC153 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #EAC153 is visually closest to Buttercup, a named orange color with HEX #F3C13A.

The RGB channels are 234, 193, and 83, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 44deg with 78% saturation and 62% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.5626, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 26.57, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.25:1AA Pass

White text1.71:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EAC153 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.25:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.71:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F4DFA4#F4DFA4 · #000000 text · best 15.94:1 Mustard#FFDB58 · #000000 text · best 15.53:1 #C6EA53#C6EA53 · #000000 text · best 15.3:1 Naples Yellow#FADA5E · #000000 text · best 15.25:1 #FFCB3D#FFCB3D · #000000 text · best 13.86:1

Generated Palette

#EAC153#EAC153

#537BEA#537BEA

#EA7653#EA7653

#C6EA53#C6EA53

#F4DFA4#F4DFA4

#C89919#C89919

Color Harmonies

#537BEA#537BEA

#EA7653#EA7653

#C6EA53#C6EA53

#53EAC1#53EAC1

#C153EA#C153EA

Variants

#F4DFA4#F4DFA4

#C89919#C89919

#FFCB3D#FFCB3D

#D4B768#D4B768

#F3E8C9#F3E8C9

#FFD666#FFD666

Nearest Named Colors

Buttercup#F3C13A

Naples Yellow#FADA5E

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Mustard#FFDB58

Saffron#F4C430

Luminance0.5626

Black text12.25:1AA Pass

White text1.71:1AA 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":"#EAC153","rgb":[234,193,83],"hsl":[44,78,62],"cmyk":[0,18,65,8],"luminance":0.5626,"contrast":{"black":12.25,"white":1.71}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.25,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.71,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F4DFA4","hex":"#F4DFA4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.94,"contrastWhite":1.32,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mustard","hex":"#FFDB58","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.53,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C6EA53","hex":"#C6EA53","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.3,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Naples Yellow","hex":"#FADA5E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.25,"contrastWhite":1.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFCB3D","hex":"#FFCB3D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.86,"contrastWhite":1.51,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Buttercup adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eac153.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/buttercup.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/naples-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandy-brown.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#537BEA","analogous":["#EA7653","#C6EA53"],"triadic":["#53EAC1","#C153EA"],"tetradic":["#53EA76","#537BEA","#EA53C6"],"splitComplementary":["#53C6EA","#7653EA"],"monochromatic":["#F4DFA4","#EAC153","#C89919"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F4DFA4","dark":"#C89919","saturated":"#FFCB3D","desaturated":"#D4B768","pastel":"#F3E8C9","neon":"#FFD666"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"buttercup","name":"Buttercup","hex":"#F3C13A","distance":26.570660511172846},{"slug":"naples-yellow","name":"Naples Yellow","hex":"#FADA5E","distance":31.654383582688826},{"slug":"sandy-brown","name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","distance":33.31666249791537},{"slug":"mustard","name":"Mustard","hex":"#FFDB58","distance":33.793490497431605},{"slug":"saffron","name":"Saffron","hex":"#F4C430","distance":36.52396473549935}]

#EAC153

CSS

About #EAC153

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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