HEX atlas value

#ECAE8D

#ECAE8D is a warm orange HEX color close to Pale Gold. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 236, 174, 141, HSL 21, 71%, 74%, has luminance 0.5003, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#ECAE8D Sample readable text

HEX #ECAE8D

RGB rgb(236, 174, 141)

HSL hsl(21 71% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 26, 40, 7)

Luminance 0.5003

Contrast Black 11.01:1White 1.91:1

CSS

--color-ecae8d: #ECAE8D;
.background-ecae8d { background-color: #ECAE8D; }
.text-ecae8d { color: #ECAE8D; }

Luminance0.5003

Black text11.01:1AA Pass

White text1.91:1AA 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":"#ECAE8D","rgb":[236,174,141],"hsl":[21,71,74],"cmyk":[0,26,40,7],"luminance":0.5003,"contrast":{"black":11.01,"white":1.91}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.01,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.91,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F9E6DC","hex":"#F9E6DC","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.38,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#ECDE8E","hex":"#ECDE8E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.41,"contrastWhite":1.36,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.1,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#8ECBEC","hex":"#8ECBEC","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.9,"contrastWhite":1.76,"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","Pale Gold adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ecae8d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8ECBEC","analogous":["#EC8E9C","#ECDE8E"],"triadic":["#8EECAF","#AF8EEC"],"tetradic":["#9CEC8E","#8ECBEC","#DE8EEC"],"splitComplementary":["#8EECDE","#8E9CEC"],"monochromatic":["#F9E6DC","#ECAE8D","#DE773F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F9E6DC","dark":"#DE773F","saturated":"#FAAA7F","desaturated":"#DDB39C","pastel":"#FEFCFB","neon":"#FFC3A3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":17.349351572897472},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":18.2208671582886},{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":24.596747752497688},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":26.70205984563738},{"slug":"soft-coral","name":"Soft Coral","hex":"#F7A8A8","distance":29.765752132274432}]

HEX meaning and use

About #ECAE8D

#ECAE8D is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #ECAE8D is visually closest to Pale Gold, a named orange color with HEX #E6BE8A.

The RGB channels are 236, 174, and 141, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 21deg 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 0.5003, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 17.35, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.01:1AA Pass

White text1.91:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #ECAE8D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.01:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.91:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F9E6DC#000000 text · best 17.38:1#F9E6DC

#ECDE8E#000000 text · best 15.41:1#ECDE8E

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

#8ECBEC#000000 text · best 11.9:1#8ECBEC

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

Generated Palette

#ECAE8D#ECAE8D

#8ECBEC#8ECBEC

#EC8E9C#EC8E9C

#ECDE8E#ECDE8E

#F9E6DC#F9E6DC

#DE773F#DE773F

Color Harmonies

#8ECBEC#8ECBEC

#EC8E9C#EC8E9C

#ECDE8E#ECDE8E

#8EECAF#8EECAF

#AF8EEC#AF8EEC

Variants

#F9E6DC#F9E6DC

#DE773F#DE773F

#FAAA7F#FAAA7F

#DDB39C#DDB39C

#FEFCFB#FEFCFB

#FFC3A3#FFC3A3

Nearest Named Colors

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Burly Wood#DEB887

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Tan#D2B48C

Soft Coral#F7A8A8

#ECAE8D

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #ECAE8D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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