#EE8259#EE8259

#EE8259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.144 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8259
RGB	rgb(238, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(17, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, 37.92, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 55.33, 46.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.1085 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.144 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0494, 34.8686, 13.8071)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8259 #59C5EE

analogous

#EE597B #EE8259 #EECD59

triadic

#EE8259 #59EE82 #8259EE

tetradic

#EE8259 #7BEE59 #59C5EE #CD59EE

square

#EE8259 #7BEE59 #59C5EE #CD59EE

split-complementary

#EE8259 #59EECD #597BEE

monochromatic

#BA4113 #E85821 #EE8259 #F4AC91 #F9D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#EE8259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#EE8259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8259

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8259	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#9F9155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.144 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a889',
    500: '#ee8259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8259;
$custom-light: #f9a889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.51,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8259

secondary

#B7DDEB

accent

#A3DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8259

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

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