HEX atlas value

#EC9665

#EC9665 is a warm orange HEX color close to Sandy Brown. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 236, 150, 101, HSL 22, 78%, 66%, has luminance 0.4059, and belongs to the vibrant group.

orange warm vibrant

#EC9665 Sample readable text

HEX #EC9665

RGB rgb(236, 150, 101)

HSL hsl(22 78% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 36, 57, 7)

Luminance 0.4059

Contrast Black 9.12:1White 2.3:1

CSS

--color-ec9665: #EC9665;
.background-ec9665 { background-color: #EC9665; }
.text-ec9665 { color: #EC9665; }

Luminance0.4059

Black text9.12:1AA Pass

White text2.3:1AA 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":"#EC9665","rgb":[236,150,101],"hsl":[22,78,66],"cmyk":[0,36,57,7],"luminance":0.4059,"contrast":{"black":9.12,"white":2.3}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.12,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.3,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#ECDA65","hex":"#ECDA65","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.78,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#F6CEB6","hex":"#F6CEB6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.42,"contrastWhite":1.46,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.56,"contrastWhite":1.99,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.33,"contrastWhite":2.03,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#65BAEC","hex":"#65BAEC","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.79,"contrastWhite":2.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Sandy Brown adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ec9665.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandy-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raw-sienna.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#65BAEC","analogous":["#EC6577","#ECDA65"],"triadic":["#65EC96","#9665EC"],"tetradic":["#77EC65","#65BAEC","#DA65EC"],"splitComplementary":["#65ECDA","#6577EC"],"monochromatic":["#F6CEB6","#EC9665","#DA611B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F6CEB6","dark":"#DA611B","saturated":"#FF9152","desaturated":"#D99B78","pastel":"#F7E4DA","neon":"#FFAB7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sandy-brown","name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","distance":16.881943016134134},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":21.213203435596427},{"slug":"raw-sienna","name":"Raw Sienna","hex":"#D68A59","distance":27.784887978899608},{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":29.13760456866693},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":30.033314835362415}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EC9665

#EC9665 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #EC9665 is visually closest to Sandy Brown, a named orange color with HEX #F4A460.

The RGB channels are 236, 150, and 101, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 22deg with 78% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness 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 0.4059, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 16.88, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.12:1AA Pass

White text2.3:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EC9665 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.12:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.3:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#ECDA65#000000 text · best 14.78:1#ECDA65

#F6CEB6#000000 text · best 14.42:1#F6CEB6

Light Salmon#000000 text · best 10.56:1#FFA07A

Sandy Brown#000000 text · best 10.33:1#F4A460

#65BAEC#000000 text · best 9.79:1#65BAEC

Generated Palette

#EC9665#EC9665

#65BAEC#65BAEC

#EC6577#EC6577

#ECDA65#ECDA65

#F6CEB6#F6CEB6

#DA611B#DA611B

Color Harmonies

#65BAEC#65BAEC

#EC6577#EC6577

#ECDA65#ECDA65

#65EC96#65EC96

#9665EC#9665EC

Variants

#F6CEB6#F6CEB6

#DA611B#DA611B

#FF9152#FF9152

#D99B78#D99B78

#F7E4DA#F7E4DA

#FFAB7A#FFAB7A

Nearest Named Colors

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Raw Sienna#D68A59

Salmon#FA8072

Light Salmon#FFA07A

#EC9665

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EC9665

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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