#EE8559#EE8559

#EE8559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.142 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8559
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 89)
HSL	hsl(18, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 36.38, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 54.85, 48.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.1038 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.142 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4542, 35.6783, 13.9421)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8559 #59C2EE

analogous

#EE5978 #EE8559 #EED059

triadic

#EE8559 #59EE85 #8559EE

tetradic

#EE8559 #78EE59 #59C2EE #D059EE

square

#EE8559 #78EE59 #59C2EE #D059EE

split-complementary

#EE8559 #59EED0 #5978EE

monochromatic

#BA4413 #E85C21 #EE8559 #F4AE91 #F9D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EE8559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#EE8559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8559

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8559	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.142 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa89',
    500: '#ee8559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8559;
$custom-light: #f9aa89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.718,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72288,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8559

secondary

#B7DCEB

accent

#9FDE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8559

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

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