#EE8459#EE8459

#EE8459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.142 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8459
RGB	rgb(238, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(17, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 36.89, 40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 55.00, 47.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.1054 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.142 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3180, 35.4058, 13.8967)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8459 #59C3EE

analogous

#EE5979 #EE8459 #EECE59

triadic

#EE8459 #59EE84 #8459EE

tetradic

#EE8459 #79EE59 #59C3EE #CE59EE

square

#EE8459 #79EE59 #59C3EE #CE59EE

split-complementary

#EE8459 #59EECE #5979EE

monochromatic

#BA4313 #E85B21 #EE8459 #F4AD91 #F9D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EE8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#EE8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8459

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8459	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF707A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.142 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9a989',
    500: '#ee8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8459;
$custom-light: #f9a989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.315,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72127,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8459

secondary

#B7DCEB

accent

#A0DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8459

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

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