#EE8659#EE8659

#EE8659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8659
RGB	rgb(238, 134, 89)
HSL	hsl(18, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 35.86, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 54.70, 49.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.1022 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.141 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5918, 35.9534, 13.9880)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8659 #59C1EE

analogous

#EE5977 #EE8659 #EED159

triadic

#EE8659 #59EE86 #8659EE

tetradic

#EE8659 #77EE59 #59C1EE #D159EE

square

#EE8659 #77EE59 #59C1EE #D159EE

split-complementary

#EE8659 #59EED1 #5977EE

monochromatic

#BA4513 #E85E21 #EE8659 #F4AE91 #F9D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#EE8659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#EE8659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8659

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8659	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 134, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa89',
    500: '#ee8659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8659;
$custom-light: #f9aa89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.121,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7245,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8659

secondary

#B7DCEB

accent

#9DDE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8659

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

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