#EE855B#EE855B

#EE855B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.141 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE855B
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(17, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 36.51, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 54.17, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.1045 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.141 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5394, 35.7124, 14.3904)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE855B #5BC4EE

analogous

#EE5B7B #EE855B #EECF5B

triadic

#EE855B #5BEE85 #855BEE

tetradic

#EE855B #7BEE5B #5BC4EE #CF5BEE

square

#EE855B #7BEE5B #5BC4EE #CF5BEE

split-complementary

#EE855B #5BEECF #5B7BEE

monochromatic

#BB4313 #E85C24 #EE855B #F4AE92 #F9D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EE855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#EE855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE855B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE855B	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)

#A19357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.141 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa8a',
    500: '#ee855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee855b;
$custom-light: #f9aa8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE855B

secondary

#B9DDEC

accent

#A1DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE855B

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

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