HEX atlas value

#EAD9B8

#EAD9B8 is a warm orange HEX color close to Wheat. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 234, 217, 184, HSL 40, 54%, 82%, has luminance 0.7058, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#EAD9B8 Sample readable text

HEX #EAD9B8

RGB rgb(234, 217, 184)

HSL hsl(40 54% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 7, 21, 8)

Luminance 0.7058

Contrast Black 15.12:1White 1.39:1

CSS

--color-ead9b8: #EAD9B8;
.background-ead9b8 { background-color: #EAD9B8; }
.text-ead9b8 { color: #EAD9B8; }

Luminance0.7058

Black text15.12:1AA Pass

White text1.39:1AA 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":"#EAD9B8","rgb":[234,217,184],"hsl":[40,54,82],"cmyk":[0,7,21,8],"luminance":0.7058,"contrast":{"black":15.12,"white":1.39}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.12,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.39,"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":"#E2EAB8","hex":"#E2EAB8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.7,"contrastWhite":1.26,"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"]},{"name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.98,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F4DDAE","hex":"#F4DDAE","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.8,"contrastWhite":1.33,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Wheat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ead9b8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wheat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/feldspar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pearl.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B8C9EA","analogous":["#EAC1B8","#E2EAB8"],"triadic":["#B8EAD9","#D9B8EA"],"tetradic":["#B8EAC1","#B8C9EA","#EAB8E2"],"splitComplementary":["#B8E2EA","#C1B8EA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EAD9B8","#D5B472"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#D5B472","saturated":"#F4DDAE","desaturated":"#E0D6C2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFEECC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":13.076696830622021},{"slug":"feldspar","name":"Feldspar","hex":"#F0CDB7","distance":13.45362404707371},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":17.46424919657298},{"slug":"bone","name":"Bone","hex":"#E3DAC9","distance":18.411952639521967},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":18.601075237738275}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EAD9B8

#EAD9B8 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #EAD9B8 is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 234, 217, and 184, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 40deg with 54% saturation and 82% 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 0.7058, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.08, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.12:1AA Pass

White text1.39:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EAD9B8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.12:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.39:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#E2EAB8#000000 text · best 16.7:1#E2EAB8

Pearl#000000 text · best 15.99:1#EAE0C8

Wheat#000000 text · best 15.98:1#F5DEB3

#F4DDAE#000000 text · best 15.8:1#F4DDAE

Generated Palette

#EAD9B8#EAD9B8

#B8C9EA#B8C9EA

#EAC1B8#EAC1B8

#E2EAB8#E2EAB8

White#FFFFFF

#D5B472#D5B472

Color Harmonies

#B8C9EA#B8C9EA

#EAC1B8#EAC1B8

#E2EAB8#E2EAB8

#B8EAD9#B8EAD9

#D9B8EA#D9B8EA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#D5B472#D5B472

#F4DDAE#F4DDAE

#E0D6C2#E0D6C2

White#FFFFFF

#FFEECC#FFEECC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Feldspar#F0CDB7

Pearl#EAE0C8

Bone#E3DAC9

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

#EAD9B8

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EAD9B8

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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