HEX atlas value

#EEB377

#EEB377 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Burly Wood. RGB 238, 179, 119, HSL 30° 78% 70%, luminance 0.5175; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#EEB377 Sample readable text

HEX #EEB377

RGB rgb(238, 179, 119)

HSL hsl(30 78% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 25, 50, 7)

Luminance 0.5175

Contrast Black 11.35:1White 1.85:1

CSS

--color-eeb377: #EEB377;
.background-eeb377 { background-color: #EEB377; }
.text-eeb377 { color: #EEB377; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EEB377

#EEB377 is classified as a warm orange value with vibrant visual character. #EEB377 is visually closest to Burly Wood, a named orange color with HEX #DEB887.

The RGB channels are 238, 179, and 119, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 30deg with 78% saturation and 70% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.5175, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 23.17, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.35:1AA Pass

White text1.85:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EEB377 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.35:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.85:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#EEEE77#EEEE77 · #000000 text · best 17.13:1 #F8E0C9#F8E0C9 · #000000 text · best 16.5:1 Topaz#FFC87C · #000000 text · best 13.8:1 Pale Gold#E6BE8A · #000000 text · best 12.1:1 #FFB366#FFB366 · #000000 text · best 11.89:1

Generated Palette

#EEB377#EEB377

#77B2EE#77B2EE

#EE7777#EE7777

#EEEE77#EEEE77

#F8E0C9#F8E0C9

#E48525#E48525

Color Harmonies

#77B2EE#77B2EE

#EE7777#EE7777

#EEEE77#EEEE77

#77EEB3#77EEB3

#B277EE#B277EE

Variants

#F8E0C9#F8E0C9

#E48525#E48525

#FFB366#FFB366

#DDB388#DDB388

#FAF2EA#FAF2EA

#FFC78F#FFC78F

Nearest Named Colors

Burly Wood#DEB887

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Topaz#FFC87C

Luminance0.5175

Black text11.35:1AA Pass

White text1.85:1AA 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":"#EEB377","rgb":[238,179,119],"hsl":[30,78,70],"cmyk":[0,25,50,7],"luminance":0.5175,"contrast":{"black":11.35,"white":1.85}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.35,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.85,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#EEEE77","hex":"#EEEE77","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.13,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F8E0C9","hex":"#F8E0C9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.5,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Topaz","hex":"#FFC87C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.8,"contrastWhite":1.52,"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":"#FFB366","hex":"#FFB366","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.89,"contrastWhite":1.77,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","vibrant","vibrant orange","Burly Wood adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eeb377.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/champagne-gold.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#77B2EE","analogous":["#EE7777","#EEEE77"],"triadic":["#77EEB3","#B277EE"],"tetradic":["#77EE77","#77B2EE","#EE77EE"],"splitComplementary":["#77EEEE","#7777EE"],"monochromatic":["#F8E0C9","#EEB377","#E48525"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F8E0C9","dark":"#E48525","saturated":"#FFB366","desaturated":"#DDB388","pastel":"#FAF2EA","neon":"#FFC78F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":23.173260452512935},{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":23.366642891095847},{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":25.45584412271571},{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":25.67099530598687},{"slug":"topaz","name":"Topaz","hex":"#FFC87C","distance":27.477263328068172}]

#EEB377

CSS

About #EEB377

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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