#EE8656#EE8656

#EE8656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8656
RGB	rgb(238, 134, 86)
HSL	hsl(19, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 35.67, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 55.73, 50.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.1012 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.142 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4684, 35.9041, 13.3380)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8656 #56BEEE

analogous

#EE5672 #EE8656 #EED256

triadic

#EE8656 #56EE86 #8656EE

tetradic

#EE8656 #72EE56 #56BEEE #D256EE

square

#EE8656 #72EE56 #56BEEE #D256EE

split-complementary

#EE8656 #56EED2 #5672EE

monochromatic

#B74612 #E85E1E #EE8656 #F4AE8E #F9D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EE8656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#EE8656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8656

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8656	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 134, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa87',
    500: '#ee8656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8656;
$custom-light: #f9aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72409,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8656

secondary

#B5DAEB

accent

#9ADE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8656

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

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