#EE8159#EE8159

#EE8159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.145 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8159
RGB	rgb(238, 129, 89)
HSL	hsl(16, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 38.43, 40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 55.50, 46.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.11 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.145 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9170, 34.6039, 13.7630)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8159 #59C6EE

analogous

#EE597C #EE8159 #EECB59

triadic

#EE8159 #59EE81 #8159EE

tetradic

#EE8159 #7CEE59 #59C6EE #CB59EE

square

#EE8159 #7CEE59 #59C6EE #CB59EE

split-complementary

#EE8159 #59EECB #597CEE

monochromatic

#BA4013 #E85721 #EE8159 #F4AB91 #F9D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#EE8159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#EE8159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8159

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8159	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 129, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.145 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a789',
    500: '#ee8159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8159;
$custom-light: #f9a789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.107,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71649,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8159

secondary

#B7DDEB

accent

#A4DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8159

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

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