HEX atlas value

#EAD8CC

#EAD8CC is a warm orange HEX color close to Quartz. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 234, 216, 204, HSL 24, 42%, 86%, has luminance 0.7096, and belongs to the light group.

orange warm light

#EAD8CC Sample readable text

HEX #EAD8CC

RGB rgb(234, 216, 204)

HSL hsl(24 42% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 13, 8)

Luminance 0.7096

Contrast Black 15.19:1White 1.38:1

CSS

--color-ead8cc: #EAD8CC;
.background-ead8cc { background-color: #EAD8CC; }
.text-ead8cc { color: #EAD8CC; }

Luminance0.7096

Black text15.19:1AA Pass

White text1.38:1AA 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":"#EAD8CC","rgb":[234,216,204],"hsl":[24,42,86],"cmyk":[0,8,13,8],"luminance":0.7096,"contrast":{"black":15.19,"white":1.38}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.19,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.38,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.33,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EAE7CC","hex":"#EAE7CC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.8,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.49,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.99,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","light orange","Quartz adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ead8cc.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/quartz.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pearl.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#CCDEEA","analogous":["#EACCCF","#EAE7CC"],"triadic":["#CCEAD8","#D8CCEA"],"tetradic":["#CFEACC","#CCDEEA","#E7CCEA"],"splitComplementary":["#CCEAE7","#CCCFEA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EAD8CC","#D0A78B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#D0A78B","saturated":"#F2D7C4","desaturated":"#E2DAD4","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEDE0"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"quartz","name":"Quartz","hex":"#E7D9D1","distance":5.916079783099616},{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":7.874007874011811},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":8.94427190999916},{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":12.727922061357855},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":19.339079605813716}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EAD8CC

#EAD8CC is classified as a warm orange value with light visual character. #EAD8CC is visually closest to Quartz, a named orange color with HEX #E7D9D1.

The RGB channels are 234, 216, and 204, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 24deg with 42% saturation and 86% 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, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.7096, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 5.92, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.19:1AA Pass

White text1.38:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EAD8CC needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.19:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.38:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

Parchment#000000 text · best 17.33:1#F1E9D2

#EAE7CC#000000 text · best 16.8:1#EAE7CC

Vellum#000000 text · best 16.49:1#EFE3C8

Pearl#000000 text · best 15.99:1#EAE0C8

Generated Palette

#EAD8CC#EAD8CC

#CCDEEA#CCDEEA

#EACCCF#EACCCF

#EAE7CC#EAE7CC

White#FFFFFF

#D0A78B#D0A78B

Color Harmonies

#CCDEEA#CCDEEA

#EACCCF#EACCCF

#EAE7CC#EAE7CC

#CCEAD8#CCEAD8

#D8CCEA#D8CCEA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#D0A78B#D0A78B

#F2D7C4#F2D7C4

#E2DAD4#E2DAD4

White#FFFFFF

#FFEDE0#FFEDE0

Nearest Named Colors

Quartz#E7D9D1

Bone#E3DAC9

Pearl#EAE0C8

Vellum#EFE3C8

Parchment#F1E9D2

#EAD8CC

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EAD8CC

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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