#EE8545#EE8545

#EE8545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.150 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8545
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 69)
HSL	hsl(23, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 71%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 35.25, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 61.92, 55.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0971 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.15 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7255, 35.3868, 10.1041)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8545 #45AEEE

analogous

#EE4559 #EE8545 #EEDA45

triadic

#EE8545 #45EE85 #8545EE

tetradic

#EE8545 #59EE45 #45AEEE #DA45EE

square

#EE8545 #59EE45 #45AEEE #DA45EE

split-complementary

#EE8545 #45EEDA #4559EE

monochromatic

#A94A0F #E16215 #EE8545 #F3AA7D #F8CFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#EE8545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#EE8545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8545

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8545	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)

#A3923E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.150 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faa97b',
    500: '#ee8545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8545;
$custom-light: #faa97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.722,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72044,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8545

secondary

#A7CFE8

accent

#8DE006

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#191009

muted

#877F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8545

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

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