#EE835B#EE835B

#EE835B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.142 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE835B
RGB	rgb(238, 131, 91)
HSL	hsl(16, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 37.54, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 54.50, 46.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.1076 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.142 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2681, 35.1700, 14.3000)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE835B #5BC6EE

analogous

#EE5B7C #EE835B #EECD5B

triadic

#EE835B #5BEE83 #835BEE

tetradic

#EE835B #7CEE5B #5BC6EE #CD5BEE

square

#EE835B #7CEE5B #5BC6EE #CD5BEE

split-complementary

#EE835B #5BEECD #5B7CEE

monochromatic

#BB4113 #E85924 #EE835B #F4AD92 #F9D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#EE835B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#EE835B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE835B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE835B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE835B	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee835b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 131, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.142 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a88a',
    500: '#ee835b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee835b;
$custom-light: #f9a88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee835b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.327,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE835B

secondary

#B9DEEC

accent

#A3DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE835B

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

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