HEX atlas value

#EAE6E1

#EAE6E1 is a warm orange HEX color close to Alabaster. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 234, 230, 225, HSL 33, 18%, 90%, has luminance 0.7952, and belongs to the light group.

orange warm light

#EAE6E1 Sample readable text

HEX #EAE6E1

RGB rgb(234, 230, 225)

HSL hsl(33 18% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 2, 4, 8)

Luminance 0.7952

Contrast Black 16.9:1White 1.24:1

CSS

--color-eae6e1: #EAE6E1;
.background-eae6e1 { background-color: #EAE6E1; }
.text-eae6e1 { color: #EAE6E1; }

Luminance0.7952

Black text16.9:1AA Pass

White text1.24:1AA 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":"#EAE6E1","rgb":[234,230,225],"hsl":[33,18,90],"cmyk":[0,2,4,8],"luminance":0.7952,"contrast":{"black":16.9,"white":1.24}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.9,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.24,"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":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.38,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.62,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","light orange","Alabaster adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eae6e1.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mercury.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E1E5EA","analogous":["#EAE1E1","#EAEAE1"],"triadic":["#E1EAE6","#E6E1EA"],"tetradic":["#E1EAE1","#E1E5EA","#EAE1EA"],"splitComplementary":["#E1EAEA","#E1E1EA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EAE6E1","#C4B9AB"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#C4B9AB","saturated":"#F0E7DB","desaturated":"#E6E6E6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFAF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":5.0990195135927845},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":5.477225575051661},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":11.224972160321824},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":13.152946437965905},{"slug":"marble-white","name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","distance":13.74772708486752}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EAE6E1

#EAE6E1 is classified as a warm orange value with light visual character. #EAE6E1 is visually closest to Alabaster, a named yellow color with HEX #EDEAE0.

The RGB channels are 234, 230, and 225, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 33deg with 18% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-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 0.7952, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 5.10, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.9:1AA Pass

White text1.24:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EAE6E1 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.9:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.24:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

Marble White#000000 text · best 18.38:1#F2F0E6

Mercury#000000 text · best 17.62:1#EBEBEB

Alabaster#000000 text · best 17.45:1#EDEAE0

Eggshell#000000 text · best 17.45:1#F0EAD6

Generated Palette

#EAE6E1#EAE6E1

#E1E5EA#E1E5EA

#EAE1E1#EAE1E1

#EAEAE1#EAEAE1

White#FFFFFF

#C4B9AB#C4B9AB

Color Harmonies

#E1E5EA#E1E5EA

#EAE1E1#EAE1E1

#EAEAE1#EAEAE1

#E1EAE6#E1EAE6

#E6E1EA#E6E1EA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#C4B9AB#C4B9AB

#F0E7DB#F0E7DB

#E6E6E6#E6E6E6

White#FFFFFF

#FFFAF5#FFFAF5

Nearest Named Colors

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Platinum#E5E4E2

Mercury#EBEBEB

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Marble White#F2F0E6

#EAE6E1

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EAE6E1

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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