HEX atlas value

#EEA177

#EEA177 is a warm orange HEX color close to Dark Salmon. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 238, 161, 119, HSL 21, 78%, 70%, has luminance 0.45, and belongs to the vibrant group.

orange warm vibrant

#EEA177 Sample readable text

HEX #EEA177

RGB rgb(238, 161, 119)

HSL hsl(21 78% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 32, 50, 7)

Luminance 0.45

Contrast Black 10:1White 2.1:1

CSS

--color-eea177: #EEA177;
.background-eea177 { background-color: #EEA177; }
.text-eea177 { color: #EEA177; }

Luminance0.45

Black text10:1AA Pass

White text2.1:1AA 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":"#EEA177","rgb":[238,161,119],"hsl":[21,78,70],"cmyk":[0,32,50,7],"luminance":0.45,"contrast":{"black":10,"white":2.1}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.1,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F8D9C9","hex":"#F8D9C9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.76,"contrastWhite":1.33,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EEDC77","hex":"#EEDC77","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.14,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.31,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#77C4EE","hex":"#77C4EE","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.91,"contrastWhite":1.92,"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"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Dark Salmon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eea177.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-rose.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#77C4EE","analogous":["#EE7789","#EEDC77"],"triadic":["#77EEA1","#A177EE"],"tetradic":["#89EE77","#77C4EE","#DC77EE"],"splitComplementary":["#77EEDC","#7789EE"],"monochromatic":["#F8D9C9","#EEA177","#E46825"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8D9C9","dark":"#E46825","saturated":"#FF9C66","desaturated":"#DDA688","pastel":"#FAF0EA","neon":"#FFB68F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":12.449899597988733},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":17.291616465790582},{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":23.874672772626646},{"slug":"sandy-brown","name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","distance":23.958297101421877},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":32.264531609803356}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EEA177

#EEA177 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #EEA177 is visually closest to Dark Salmon, a named orange color with HEX #E9967A.

The RGB channels are 238, 161, and 119, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 21deg with 78% saturation and 70% 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, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.45, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 12.45, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10:1AA Pass

White text2.1:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EEA177 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.1:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F8D9C9#000000 text · best 15.76:1#F8D9C9

#EEDC77#000000 text · best 15.14:1#EEDC77

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

#77C4EE#000000 text · best 10.91:1#77C4EE

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

Generated Palette

#EEA177#EEA177

#77C4EE#77C4EE

#EE7789#EE7789

#EEDC77#EEDC77

#F8D9C9#F8D9C9

#E46825#E46825

Color Harmonies

#77C4EE#77C4EE

#EE7789#EE7789

#EEDC77#EEDC77

#77EEA1#77EEA1

#A177EE#A177EE

Variants

#F8D9C9#F8D9C9

#E46825#E46825

#FF9C66#FF9C66

#DDA688#DDA688

#FAF0EA#FAF0EA

#FFB68F#FFB68F

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Burly Wood#DEB887

#EEA177

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EEA177

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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