HEX atlas value

#ECAA8D

#ECAA8D is a warm orange HEX color close to Burly Wood. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 236, 170, 141, HSL 18, 71%, 74%, has luminance 0.4851, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#ECAA8D Sample readable text

HEX #ECAA8D

RGB rgb(236, 170, 141)

HSL hsl(18 71% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 28, 40, 7)

Luminance 0.4851

Contrast Black 10.7:1White 1.96:1

CSS

--color-ecaa8d: #ECAA8D;
.background-ecaa8d { background-color: #ECAA8D; }
.text-ecaa8d { color: #ECAA8D; }

Luminance0.4851

Black text10.7:1AA Pass

White text1.96:1AA 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":"#ECAA8D","rgb":[236,170,141],"hsl":[18,71,74],"cmyk":[0,28,40,7],"luminance":0.4851,"contrast":{"black":10.7,"white":1.96}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.7,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.96,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F9E5DC","hex":"#F9E5DC","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.27,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#ECD98E","hex":"#ECD98E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.88,"contrastWhite":1.41,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#8ED0EC","hex":"#8ED0EC","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.38,"contrastWhite":1.7,"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","Burly Wood adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ecaa8d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8ED0EC","analogous":["#EC8EA0","#ECD98E"],"triadic":["#8EECAA","#AA8EEC"],"tetradic":["#A0EC8E","#8ED0EC","#D98EEC"],"splitComplementary":["#8EECD9","#8EA0EC"],"monochromatic":["#F9E5DC","#ECAA8D","#DE6F3F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F9E5DC","dark":"#DE6F3F","saturated":"#FAA47F","desaturated":"#DDB09C","pastel":"#FEFCFB","neon":"#FFBFA3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":20.688160865577203},{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":20.71231517720798},{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":21.095023109728988},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":27.748873851023216},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":27.874719729532707}]

HEX meaning and use

About #ECAA8D

#ECAA8D is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #ECAA8D is visually closest to Burly Wood, a named orange color with HEX #DEB887.

The RGB channels are 236, 170, and 141, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 18deg 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 0.4851, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 20.69, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.7:1AA Pass

White text1.96:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #ECAA8D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.7:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.96:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F9E5DC#000000 text · best 17.27:1#F9E5DC

#ECD98E#000000 text · best 14.88:1#ECD98E

#8ED0EC#000000 text · best 12.38:1#8ED0EC

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

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

Generated Palette

#ECAA8D#ECAA8D

#8ED0EC#8ED0EC

#EC8EA0#EC8EA0

#ECD98E#ECD98E

#F9E5DC#F9E5DC

#DE6F3F#DE6F3F

Color Harmonies

#8ED0EC#8ED0EC

#EC8EA0#EC8EA0

#ECD98E#ECD98E

#8EECAA#8EECAA

#AA8EEC#AA8EEC

Variants

#F9E5DC#F9E5DC

#DE6F3F#DE6F3F

#FAA47F#FAA47F

#DDB09C#DDB09C

#FEFCFB#FEFCFB

#FFBFA3#FFBFA3

Nearest Named Colors

Burly Wood#DEB887

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Tan#D2B48C

#ECAA8D

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #ECAA8D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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