HEX atlas value

#FFA07A

#FFA07A is a warm orange HEX color nearest Light Salmon. RGB 255, 160, 122, HSL 17° 100% 74%, luminance 0.4781; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm vibrant

#FFA07A Sample readable text

HEX #FFA07A

RGB rgb(255, 160, 122)

HSL hsl(17 100% 74%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 37, 52, 0)

Luminance 0.4781

Contrast Black 10.56:1White 1.99:1

CSS

--color-ffa07a: #FFA07A;
.background-ffa07a { background-color: #FFA07A; }
.text-ffa07a { color: #FFA07A; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFA07A

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

The RGB channels are 255, 160, and 122, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 17deg with 100% saturation and 74% 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 0.4781, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.56:1AA 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 #FFA07A needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.56:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.99:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FFE2D6#FFE2D6 · #000000 text · best 17.1:1 #FFE27A#FFE27A · #000000 text · best 16.41:1 #7AD9FF#7AD9FF · #000000 text · best 13.2:1 #F0A689#F0A689 · #000000 text · best 10.52:1 Sandy Brown#F4A460 · #000000 text · best 10.33:1

Generated Palette

Light Salmon#FFA07A

#7AD9FF#7AD9FF

#FF7A97#FF7A97

#FFE27A#FFE27A

#FFE2D6#FFE2D6

#FF5E1F#FF5E1F

Color Harmonies

#7AD9FF#7AD9FF

#FF7A97#FF7A97

#FFE27A#FFE27A

#7AFFA0#7AFFA0

#A07AFF#A07AFF

Variants

#FFE2D6#FFE2D6

#FF5E1F#FF5E1F

Light Salmon#FFA07A

#F0A689#F0A689

#FFFCFA#FFFCFA

#FFBDA3#FFBDA3

Nearest Named Colors

Light Salmon#FFA07A

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Salmon Rose#E7968B

Salmon#FA8072

Luminance0.4781

Black text10.56:1AA 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":"#FFA07A","rgb":[255,160,122],"hsl":[17,100,74],"cmyk":[0,37,52,0],"luminance":0.4781,"contrast":{"black":10.56,"white":1.99}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.56,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.99,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FFE2D6","hex":"#FFE2D6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.1,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFE27A","hex":"#FFE27A","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.41,"contrastWhite":1.28,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#7AD9FF","hex":"#7AD9FF","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.2,"contrastWhite":1.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#F0A689","hex":"#F0A689","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.52,"contrastWhite":2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.33,"contrastWhite":2.03,"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/ffa07a.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":"#7AD9FF","analogous":["#FF7A97","#FFE27A"],"triadic":["#7AFFA0","#A07AFF"],"tetradic":["#97FF7A","#7AD9FF","#E27AFF"],"splitComplementary":["#7AFFE2","#7A97FF"],"monochromatic":["#FFE2D6","#FFA07A","#FF5E1F"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFE2D6","dark":"#FF5E1F","saturated":"#FFA07A","desaturated":"#F0A689","pastel":"#FFFCFA","neon":"#FFBDA3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-salmon","name":"Light Salmon","hex":"#FFA07A","distance":0},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":24.166091947189145},{"slug":"sandy-brown","name":"Sandy Brown","hex":"#F4A460","distance":28.513154858766505},{"slug":"salmon-rose","name":"Salmon Rose","hex":"#E7968B","distance":31.064449134018133},{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":33.36165463522455}]

#FFA07A

CSS

About #FFA07A

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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