#EE8255#EE8255

#EE8255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.146 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8255
RGB	rgb(238, 130, 85)
HSL	hsl(18, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 37.66, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 56.66, 48.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.1071 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.146 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8859, 34.8032, 12.9465)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8255 #55C1EE

analogous

#EE5574 #EE8255 #EECE55

triadic

#EE8255 #55EE82 #8255EE

tetradic

#EE8255 #74EE55 #55C1EE #CE55EE

square

#EE8255 #74EE55 #55C1EE #CE55EE

split-complementary

#EE8255 #55EECE #5574EE

monochromatic

#B64312 #E8591D #EE8255 #F4AB8D #F9D4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#EE8255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#EE8255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8255

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8255	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 130, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.146 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a886',
    500: '#ee8255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8255;
$custom-light: #f9a886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71752,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8255

secondary

#B4DBEB

accent

#9FDE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8255

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

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