#EE855A#EE855A

#EE855A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.141 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE855A
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 90)
HSL	hsl(17, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 36.44, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 54.51, 48.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.1041 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.141 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4965, 35.6952, 14.1648)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE855A #5AC3EE

analogous

#EE5A79 #EE855A #EECF5A

triadic

#EE855A #5AEE85 #855AEE

tetradic

#EE855A #79EE5A #5AC3EE #CF5AEE

square

#EE855A #79EE5A #5AC3EE #CF5AEE

split-complementary

#EE855A #5AEECF #5A79EE

monochromatic

#BA4413 #E85C23 #EE855A #F4AE91 #F9D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EE855A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#EE855A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE855A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE855A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE855A	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee855a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.141 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa89',
    500: '#ee855a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee855a;
$custom-light: #f9aa89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee855a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.432,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72303,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE855A

secondary

#B8DDEC

accent

#A0DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE855A

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

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