#EE8553#EE8553

#EE8553 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.144 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8553
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 83)
HSL	hsl(19, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 36.00, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 56.92, 50.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.1017 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.144 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.2125, 35.5816, 12.6689)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8553 #53BCEE

analogous

#EE536E #EE8553 #EED353

triadic

#EE8553 #53EE85 #8553EE

tetradic

#EE8553 #6EEE53 #53BCEE #D353EE

square

#EE8553 #6EEE53 #53BCEE #D353EE

split-complementary

#EE8553 #53EED3 #536EEE

monochromatic

#B54612 #E85D1B #EE8553 #F4AD8B #F9D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#EE8553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#EE8553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8553

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8553	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.144 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa85',
    500: '#ee8553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8553;
$custom-light: #f9aa85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.355,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8553

secondary

#B2D8EA

accent

#99DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8553

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

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