HEX atlas value

#EADCB8

#EADCB8 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Wheat. RGB 234, 220, 184, HSL 43° 54% 82%, luminance 0.7214; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm balanced

#EADCB8 Sample readable text

HEX #EADCB8

RGB rgb(234, 220, 184)

HSL hsl(43 54% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 6, 21, 8)

Luminance 0.7214

Contrast Black 15.43:1White 1.36:1

CSS

--color-eadcb8: #EADCB8;
.background-eadcb8 { background-color: #EADCB8; }
.text-eadcb8 { color: #EADCB8; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EADCB8

#EADCB8 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #EADCB8 is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 234, 220, and 184, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 43deg with 54% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.7214, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 12.25, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.43:1AA Pass

White text1.36:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EADCB8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.43:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.36:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Vanilla#F3E5AB · #000000 text · best 16.61:1 #DFEAB8#DFEAB8 · #000000 text · best 16.6:1 Vellum#EFE3C8 · #000000 text · best 16.49:1 #F4E0AE#F4E0AE · #000000 text · best 16.12:1

Generated Palette

#EADCB8#EADCB8

#B8C6EA#B8C6EA

#EAC3B8#EAC3B8

#DFEAB8#DFEAB8

White#FFFFFF

#D5B972#D5B972

Color Harmonies

#B8C6EA#B8C6EA

#EAC3B8#EAC3B8

#DFEAB8#DFEAB8

#B8EADC#B8EADC

#DCB8EA#DCB8EA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#D5B972#D5B972

#F4E0AE#F4E0AE

#E0D7C2#E0D7C2

White#FFFFFF

#FFF1CC#FFF1CC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Feldspar#F0CDB7

Pearl#EAE0C8

Vellum#EFE3C8

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Luminance0.7214

Black text15.43:1AA Pass

White text1.36:1AA 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":"#EADCB8","rgb":[234,220,184],"hsl":[43,54,82],"cmyk":[0,6,21,8],"luminance":0.7214,"contrast":{"black":15.43,"white":1.36}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.43,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.36,"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":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.61,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#DFEAB8","hex":"#DFEAB8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.6,"contrastWhite":1.27,"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":"#F4E0AE","hex":"#F4E0AE","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.12,"contrastWhite":1.3,"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/eadcb8.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":"#B8C6EA","analogous":["#EAC3B8","#DFEAB8"],"triadic":["#B8EADC","#DCB8EA"],"tetradic":["#B8EAC3","#B8C6EA","#EAB8DF"],"splitComplementary":["#B8DFEA","#C3B8EA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EADCB8","#D5B972"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#D5B972","saturated":"#F4E0AE","desaturated":"#E0D7C2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF1CC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":12.24744871391589},{"slug":"feldspar","name":"Feldspar","hex":"#F0CDB7","distance":16.186414056238647},{"slug":"pearl","name":"Pearl","hex":"#EAE0C8","distance":16.492422502470642},{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":18.16590212458495},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":18.193405398660254}]

#EADCB8

CSS

About #EADCB8

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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