#EE7E56#EE7E56

#EE7E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.148 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE7E56
RGB	rgb(238, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(16, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 39.76, 40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 57.00, 45.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.1137 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.148 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4042, 33.7757, 12.9833)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE7E56 #56C6EE

analogous

#EE567A #EE7E56 #EECA56

triadic

#EE7E56 #56EE7E #7E56EE

tetradic

#EE7E56 #7AEE56 #56C6EE #CA56EE

square

#EE7E56 #7AEE56 #56C6EE #CA56EE

split-complementary

#EE7E56 #56EECA #567AEE

monochromatic

#B73E12 #E8541E #EE7E56 #F4A88E #F9D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#EE7E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#EE7E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE7E56

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE7E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE7E56	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)

#9C8E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee7e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.148 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a586',
    500: '#ee7e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee7e56;
$custom-light: #f9a586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee7e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71136,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE7E56

secondary

#B5DDEB

accent

#A6DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE7E56

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

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