HEX atlas value

#EEA977

#EEA977 is a warm orange HEX color close to Light Salmon. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 238, 169, 119, HSL 25, 78%, 70%, has luminance 0.4788, and belongs to the vibrant group.

orange warm vibrant

#EEA977 Sample readable text

HEX #EEA977

RGB rgb(238, 169, 119)

HSL hsl(25 78% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 29, 50, 7)

Luminance 0.4788

Contrast Black 10.58:1White 1.99:1

CSS

--color-eea977: #EEA977;
.background-eea977 { background-color: #EEA977; }
.text-eea977 { color: #EEA977; }

Luminance0.4788

Black text10.58:1AA 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":"#EEA977","rgb":[238,169,119],"hsl":[25,78,70],"cmyk":[0,29,50,7],"luminance":0.4788,"contrast":{"black":10.58,"white":1.99}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.58,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.99,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F8DCC9","hex":"#F8DCC9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.07,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EEE477","hex":"#EEE477","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16,"contrastWhite":1.31,"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":"#FFA666","hex":"#FFA666","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.9,"contrastWhite":1.93,"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","Light 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/eea977.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandy-brown.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#77BCEE","analogous":["#EE7781","#EEE477"],"triadic":["#77EEA9","#A977EE"],"tetradic":["#81EE77","#77BCEE","#E477EE"],"splitComplementary":["#77EEE4","#7781EE"],"monochromatic":["#F8DCC9","#EEA977","#E47525"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8DCC9","dark":"#E47525","saturated":"#FFA666","desaturated":"#DDAB88","pastel":"#FAF1EA","neon":"#FFBE8F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":19.467922333931785},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":19.87460691435179},{"slug":"sandy-brown","name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","distance":24.289915602982237},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":27.147743920996454},{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":28.460498941515414}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EEA977

#EEA977 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #EEA977 is visually closest to Light Salmon, a named orange color with HEX #FFA07A.

The RGB channels are 238, 169, and 119, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 25deg 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 0.4788, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.47, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.58:1AA 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 #EEA977 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.58:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.99:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F8DCC9#000000 text · best 16.07:1#F8DCC9

#EEE477#000000 text · best 16:1#EEE477

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

#FFA666#000000 text · best 10.9:1#FFA666

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

Generated Palette

#EEA977#EEA977

#77BCEE#77BCEE

#EE7781#EE7781

#EEE477#EEE477

#F8DCC9#F8DCC9

#E47525#E47525

Color Harmonies

#77BCEE#77BCEE

#EE7781#EE7781

#EEE477#EEE477

#77EEA9#77EEA9

#A977EE#A977EE

Variants

#F8DCC9#F8DCC9

#E47525#E47525

#FFA666#FFA666

#DDAB88#DDAB88

#FAF1EA#FAF1EA

#FFBE8F#FFBE8F

Nearest Named Colors

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Burly Wood#DEB887

Salmon Rose#E7968B

#EEA977

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EEA977

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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