HEX atlas value

#FFEBCD

#FFEBCD is a warm orange HEX color nearest Blanched Almond. RGB 255, 235, 205, HSL 36° 100% 90%, luminance 0.8508; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm light pastel

#FFEBCD Sample readable text

HEX #FFEBCD

RGB rgb(255, 235, 205)

HSL hsl(36 100% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 20, 0)

Luminance 0.8508

Contrast Black 18.02:1White 1.17:1

CSS

--color-ffebcd: #FFEBCD;
.background-ffebcd { background-color: #FFEBCD; }
.text-ffebcd { color: #FFEBCD; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FFEBCD

#FFEBCD is classified as a warm orange value with light and pastel visual character. #FFEBCD is visually closest to Blanched Almond, a named orange color with HEX #FFEBCD.

The RGB channels are 255, 235, and 205, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 36deg with 100% saturation and 90% 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 soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8508, 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 text18.02:1AA Pass

White text1.17:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

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

Black text#00000018.02:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.17:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #FAFFCC#FAFFCC · #000000 text · best 20.24:1 Papaya Whip#FFEFD5 · #000000 text · best 18.56:1 #FFEBCC#FFEBCC · #000000 text · best 18.01:1 Antique White#FAEBD7 · #000000 text · best 17.93:1

Generated Palette

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

#CCE0FF#CCE0FF

#FFD1CC#FFD1CC

#FAFFCC#FAFFCC

White#FFFFFF

#FFC670#FFC670

Color Harmonies

#CCE0FF#CCE0FF

#FFD1CC#FFD1CC

#FAFFCC#FAFFCC

#CCFFEB#CCFFEB

#EBCCFF#EBCCFF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#FFC670#FFC670

#FFEBCC#FFEBCC

#F9E9D2#F9E9D2

White#FFFFFF

#FFFBF5#FFFBF5

Nearest Named Colors

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

Papaya Whip#FFEFD5

Champagne#F7E7CE

Antique White#FAEBD7

Bisque#FFE4C4

Luminance0.8508

Black text18.02:1AA Pass

White text1.17:1AA 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":"#FFEBCD","rgb":[255,235,205],"hsl":[36,100,90],"cmyk":[0,8,20,0],"luminance":0.8508,"contrast":{"black":18.02,"white":1.17}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.02,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.17,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FAFFCC","hex":"#FAFFCC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":20.24,"contrastWhite":1.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.56,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFEBCC","hex":"#FFEBCC","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.01,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.93,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","pastel","light orange","pastel orange","Blanched Almond adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ffebcd.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/blanched-almond.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/papaya-whip.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/champagne.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#CCE0FF","analogous":["#FFD1CC","#FAFFCC"],"triadic":["#CCFFEB","#EBCCFF"],"tetradic":["#CCFFD1","#CCE0FF","#FFCCFA"],"splitComplementary":["#CCFAFF","#D1CCFF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FFEBCD","#FFC670"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FFC670","saturated":"#FFEBCC","desaturated":"#F9E9D2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFBF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"blanched-almond","name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","distance":0},{"slug":"papaya-whip","name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","distance":8.94427190999916},{"slug":"champagne","name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","distance":9},{"slug":"antique-white","name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","distance":11.180339887498949},{"slug":"bisque","name":"Bisque","hex":"#FFE4C4","distance":11.40175425099138}]

#FFEBCD

CSS

About #FFEBCD

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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