#EE8257#EE8257

#EE8257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.145 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8257
RGB	rgb(238, 130, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 37.79, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 55.99, 47.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.1078 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.145 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9665, 34.8355, 13.3708)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8257 #57C3EE

analogous

#EE5777 #EE8257 #EECD57

triadic

#EE8257 #57EE82 #8257EE

tetradic

#EE8257 #77EE57 #57C3EE #CD57EE

square

#EE8257 #77EE57 #57C3EE #CD57EE

split-complementary

#EE8257 #57EECD #5777EE

monochromatic

#B84213 #E8591F #EE8257 #F4AB8F #F9D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#EE8257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#EE8257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8257

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8257	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 130, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.145 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a887',
    500: '#ee8257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8257;
$custom-light: #f9a887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.086,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8257

secondary

#B6DCEB

accent

#A1DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8257

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

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