#EE8253#EE8253

#EE8253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.146 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8253
RGB	rgb(238, 130, 83)
HSL	hsl(18, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 37.54, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 57.35, 49.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.1064 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.146 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8076, 34.7719, 12.5339)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8253 #53BFEE

analogous

#EE5371 #EE8253 #EED053

triadic

#EE8253 #53EE82 #8253EE

tetradic

#EE8253 #71EE53 #53BFEE #D053EE

square

#EE8253 #71EE53 #53BFEE #D053EE

split-complementary

#EE8253 #53EED0 #5371EE

monochromatic

#B54312 #E85A1B #EE8253 #F4AA8B #F9D3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#EE8253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#EE8253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8253

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8253	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F914E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 130, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.146 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a885',
    500: '#ee8253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8253;
$custom-light: #f9a885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.194,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8253

secondary

#B2D9EA

accent

#9DDE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8253

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

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