#EE8561#EE8561

#EE8561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8561
RGB	rgb(238, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(15, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(15, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, 36.92, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 52.22, 45.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.1067 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.138 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8086, 35.8201, 15.8085)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8561 #61CAEE

analogous

#EE6183 #EE8561 #EECB61

triadic

#EE8561 #61EE85 #8561EE

tetradic

#EE8561 #83EE61 #61CAEE #CB61EE

square

#EE8561 #83EE61 #61CAEE #CB61EE

split-complementary

#EE8561 #61EECB #6183EE

monochromatic

#C04015 #E85A2A #EE8561 #F4B098 #FADAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EE8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#EE8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8561

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8561	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0945E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa8e',
    500: '#ee8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8561;
$custom-light: #f9aa8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.319,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72407,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8561

secondary

#BEE1ED

accent

#A7DD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8561

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

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