#EE8456#EE8456

#EE8456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.144 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8456
RGB	rgb(238, 132, 86)
HSL	hsl(18, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 36.70, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 56.02, 49.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.1043 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.144 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1946, 35.3565, 13.2467)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8456 #56C0EE

analogous

#EE5674 #EE8456 #EED056

triadic

#EE8456 #56EE84 #8456EE

tetradic

#EE8456 #74EE56 #56C0EE #D056EE

square

#EE8456 #74EE56 #56C0EE #D056EE

split-complementary

#EE8456 #56EED0 #5674EE

monochromatic

#B74412 #E85C1E #EE8456 #F4AC8E #F9D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EE8456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#EE8456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8456

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8456	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 132, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.144 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a987',
    500: '#ee8456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8456;
$custom-light: #f9a987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.158,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72086,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8456

secondary

#B5DBEB

accent

#9DDE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8456

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

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