#EE855C#EE855C

#EE855C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.140 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE855C
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 92)
HSL	hsl(17, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 36.58, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 53.84, 47.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.1049 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.14 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5828, 35.7298, 14.6191)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE855C #5CC5EE

analogous

#EE5C7C #EE855C #EECE5C

triadic

#EE855C #5CEE85 #855CEE

tetradic

#EE855C #7CEE5C #5CC5EE #CE5CEE

square

#EE855C #7CEE5C #5CC5EE #CE5CEE

split-complementary

#EE855C #5CEECE #5C7CEE

monochromatic

#BC4314 #E85C25 #EE855C #F4AE93 #FAD8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#EE855C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#EE855C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE855C

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE855C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE855C	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee855c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.140 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa8b',
    500: '#ee855c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee855c;
$custom-light: #f9aa8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee855c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.849,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72332,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE855C

secondary

#BADEEC

accent

#A2DD08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE855C

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

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