HEX atlas value

#EEAF77

#EEAF77 is a warm orange HEX color close to Light Salmon. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 238, 175, 119, HSL 28, 78%, 70%, has luminance 0.5017, and belongs to the vibrant group.

orange warm vibrant

#EEAF77 Sample readable text

HEX #EEAF77

RGB rgb(238, 175, 119)

HSL hsl(28 78% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 26, 50, 7)

Luminance 0.5017

Contrast Black 11.03:1White 1.9:1

CSS

--color-eeaf77: #EEAF77;
.background-eeaf77 { background-color: #EEAF77; }
.text-eeaf77 { color: #EEAF77; }

Luminance0.5017

Black text11.03:1AA Pass

White text1.9:1AA 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":"#EEAF77","rgb":[238,175,119],"hsl":[28,78,70],"cmyk":[0,26,50,7],"luminance":0.5017,"contrast":{"black":11.03,"white":1.9}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.03,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.9,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#EEEA77","hex":"#EEEA77","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.67,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F8DFC9","hex":"#F8DFC9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.39,"contrastWhite":1.28,"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":"#FFAD66","hex":"#FFAD66","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.42,"contrastWhite":1.84,"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","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/eeaf77.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#77B6EE","analogous":["#EE777B","#EEEA77"],"triadic":["#77EEAF","#AF77EE"],"tetradic":["#7BEE77","#77B6EE","#EA77EE"],"splitComplementary":["#77EEEA","#777BEE"],"monochromatic":["#F8DFC9","#EEAF77","#E47E25"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8DFC9","dark":"#E47E25","saturated":"#FFAD66","desaturated":"#DDB088","pastel":"#FAF2EA","neon":"#FFC38F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":22.869193252058544},{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":24.351591323771842},{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":25.495097567963924},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":25.67099530598687},{"slug":"sandy-brown","name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","distance":26.19160170741759}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EEAF77

#EEAF77 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #EEAF77 is visually closest to Light Salmon, a named orange color with HEX #FFA07A.

The RGB channels are 238, 175, and 119, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 28deg 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 0.5017, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 22.87, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.03:1AA Pass

White text1.9:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EEAF77 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.03:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.9:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#EEEA77#000000 text · best 16.67:1#EEEA77

#F8DFC9#000000 text · best 16.39:1#F8DFC9

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

#FFAD66#000000 text · best 11.42:1#FFAD66

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

Generated Palette

#EEAF77#EEAF77

#77B6EE#77B6EE

#EE777B#EE777B

#EEEA77#EEEA77

#F8DFC9#F8DFC9

#E47E25#E47E25

Color Harmonies

#77B6EE#77B6EE

#EE777B#EE777B

#EEEA77#EEEA77

#77EEAF#77EEAF

#AF77EE#AF77EE

Variants

#F8DFC9#F8DFC9

#E47E25#E47E25

#FFAD66#FFAD66

#DDB088#DDB088

#FAF2EA#FAF2EA

#FFC38F#FFC38F

Nearest Named Colors

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Burly Wood#DEB887

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Sandy Brown#F4A460

#EEAF77

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EEAF77

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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