#EE7E55#EE7E55

#EE7E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.149 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE7E55
RGB	rgb(238, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(16, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 39.70, 41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 57.33, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.1133 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.149 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3642, 33.7597, 12.7725)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE7E55 #55C5EE

analogous

#EE5578 #EE7E55 #EECA55

triadic

#EE7E55 #55EE7E #7E55EE

tetradic

#EE7E55 #78EE55 #55C5EE #CA55EE

square

#EE7E55 #78EE55 #55C5EE #CA55EE

split-complementary

#EE7E55 #55EECA #5578EE

monochromatic

#B63E12 #E8541D #EE7E55 #F4A88D #F9D2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#EE7E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#EE7E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE7E55

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE7E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE7E55	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee7e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.149 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a586',
    500: '#ee7e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee7e55;
$custom-light: #f9a586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee7e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.078,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71122,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE7E55

secondary

#B4DCEB

accent

#A5DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE7E55

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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