#EE8256#EE8256

#EE8256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.145 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8256
RGB	rgb(238, 130, 86)
HSL	hsl(17, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 37.73, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 56.33, 47.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.1074 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.145 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9259, 34.8192, 13.1572)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8256 #56C2EE

analogous

#EE5676 #EE8256 #EECE56

triadic

#EE8256 #56EE82 #8256EE

tetradic

#EE8256 #76EE56 #56C2EE #CE56EE

square

#EE8256 #76EE56 #56C2EE #CE56EE

split-complementary

#EE8256 #56EECE #5676EE

monochromatic

#B74212 #E8591E #EE8256 #F4AB8E #F9D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#EE8256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#EE8256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8256

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8256	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)

#9F9152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 130, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.145 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a887',
    500: '#ee8256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8256;
$custom-light: #f9a887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.368,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8256

secondary

#B5DBEB

accent

#A0DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8256

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

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