HEX atlas value

#ECA88D

#ECA88D is a warm orange HEX color close to Salmon Rose. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 236, 168, 141, HSL 17, 71%, 74%, has luminance 0.4776, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#ECA88D Sample readable text

HEX #ECA88D

RGB rgb(236, 168, 141)

HSL hsl(17 71% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 29, 40, 7)

Luminance 0.4776

Contrast Black 10.55:1White 1.99:1

CSS

--color-eca88d: #ECA88D;
.background-eca88d { background-color: #ECA88D; }
.text-eca88d { color: #ECA88D; }

Luminance0.4776

Black text10.55:1AA Pass

White text1.99:1AA 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":"#ECA88D","rgb":[236,168,141],"hsl":[17,71,74],"cmyk":[0,29,40,7],"luminance":0.4776,"contrast":{"black":10.55,"white":1.99}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.55,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.99,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F9E4DC","hex":"#F9E4DC","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.16,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#ECD78E","hex":"#ECD78E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.68,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#8ED1EC","hex":"#8ED1EC","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.48,"contrastWhite":1.68,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.1,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.31,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Salmon Rose adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eca88d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8ED1EC","analogous":["#EC8EA2","#ECD78E"],"triadic":["#8EECA8","#A88EEC"],"tetradic":["#A2EC8E","#8ED1EC","#D78EEC"],"splitComplementary":["#8EECD7","#8EA2EC"],"monochromatic":["#F9E4DC","#ECA88D","#DE6C3F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F9E4DC","dark":"#DE6C3F","saturated":"#FAA27F","desaturated":"#DDAF9C","pastel":"#FEFCFB","neon":"#FFBDA3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":18.788294228055936},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":22.090722034374522},{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":23},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":26.343879744638983},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":28.035691537752374}]

HEX meaning and use

About #ECA88D

#ECA88D is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #ECA88D is visually closest to Salmon Rose, a named red color with HEX #E7968B.

The RGB channels are 236, 168, and 141, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 17deg with 71% saturation and 74% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-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 0.4776, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 18.79, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.55:1AA Pass

White text1.99:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #ECA88D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.55:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.99:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F9E4DC#000000 text · best 17.16:1#F9E4DC

#ECD78E#000000 text · best 14.68:1#ECD78E

#8ED1EC#000000 text · best 12.48:1#8ED1EC

Pale Gold#000000 text · best 12.1:1#E6BE8A

Burly Wood#000000 text · best 11.31:1#DEB887

Generated Palette

#ECA88D#ECA88D

#8ED1EC#8ED1EC

#EC8EA2#EC8EA2

#ECD78E#ECD78E

#F9E4DC#F9E4DC

#DE6C3F#DE6C3F

Color Harmonies

#8ED1EC#8ED1EC

#EC8EA2#EC8EA2

#ECD78E#ECD78E

#8EECA8#8EECA8

#A88EEC#A88EEC

Variants

#F9E4DC#F9E4DC

#DE6C3F#DE6C3F

#FAA27F#FAA27F

#DDAF9C#DDAF9C

#FEFCFB#FEFCFB

#FFBDA3#FFBDA3

Nearest Named Colors

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Burly Wood#DEB887

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Light Salmon#FFA07A

#ECA88D

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #ECA88D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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