HEX atlas value

#EAC17B

#EAC17B is a warm orange HEX color close to Pale Gold. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 234, 193, 123, HSL 38, 73%, 70%, has luminance 0.5706, and belongs to the vibrant group.

orange warm vibrant

#EAC17B Sample readable text

HEX #EAC17B

RGB rgb(234, 193, 123)

HSL hsl(38 73% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 18, 47, 8)

Luminance 0.5706

Contrast Black 12.41:1White 1.69:1

CSS

--color-eac17b: #EAC17B;
.background-eac17b { background-color: #EAC17B; }
.text-eac17b { color: #EAC17B; }

Luminance0.5706

Black text12.41:1AA Pass

White text1.69:1AA 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":"#EAC17B","rgb":[234,193,123],"hsl":[38,73,70],"cmyk":[0,18,47,8],"luminance":0.5706,"contrast":{"black":12.41,"white":1.69}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.41,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.69,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F7E6CA","hex":"#F7E6CA","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.13,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DBEA7B","hex":"#DBEA7B","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.07,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Straw","hex":"#E4D96F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.45,"contrastWhite":1.45,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Topaz","hex":"#FFC87C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.8,"contrastWhite":1.52,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FBC66A","hex":"#FBC66A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.39,"contrastWhite":1.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Pale Gold adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eac17b.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/topaz.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#7BA4EA","analogous":["#EA8A7B","#DBEA7B"],"triadic":["#7BEAC1","#C17BEA"],"tetradic":["#7BEA8A","#7BA4EA","#EA7BDB"],"splitComplementary":["#7BDBEA","#8A7BEA"],"monochromatic":["#F7E6CA","#EAC17B","#DE9C2B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F7E6CA","dark":"#DE9C2B","saturated":"#FBC66A","desaturated":"#DABD8B","pastel":"#FAF4EB","neon":"#FFD68F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":15.811388300841896},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":19.209372712298546},{"slug":"topaz","name":"Topaz","hex":"#FFC87C","distance":22.15851980616034},{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":23.748684174075834},{"slug":"straw","name":"Straw","hex":"#E4D96F","distance":27.49545416973504}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EAC17B

#EAC17B is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #EAC17B is visually closest to Pale Gold, a named orange color with HEX #E6BE8A.

The RGB channels are 234, 193, and 123, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 38deg with 73% saturation and 70% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.5706, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 15.81, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.41:1AA Pass

White text1.69:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EAC17B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.41:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.69:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F7E6CA#000000 text · best 17.13:1#F7E6CA

#DBEA7B#000000 text · best 16.07:1#DBEA7B

Straw#000000 text · best 14.45:1#E4D96F

Topaz#000000 text · best 13.8:1#FFC87C

#FBC66A#000000 text · best 13.39:1#FBC66A

Generated Palette

#EAC17B#EAC17B

#7BA4EA#7BA4EA

#EA8A7B#EA8A7B

#DBEA7B#DBEA7B

#F7E6CA#F7E6CA

#DE9C2B#DE9C2B

Color Harmonies

#7BA4EA#7BA4EA

#EA8A7B#EA8A7B

#DBEA7B#DBEA7B

#7BEAC1#7BEAC1

#C17BEA#C17BEA

Variants

#F7E6CA#F7E6CA

#DE9C2B#DE9C2B

#FBC66A#FBC66A

#DABD8B#DABD8B

#FAF4EB#FAF4EB

#FFD68F#FFD68F

Nearest Named Colors

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Burly Wood#DEB887

Topaz#FFC87C

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Straw#E4D96F

#EAC17B

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EAC17B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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