#EE8859#EE8859

#EE8859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.139 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8859
RGB	rgb(238, 136, 89)
HSL	hsl(19, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 34.83, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 54.41, 50.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0991 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.139 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8708, 36.5115, 14.0810)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8859 #59BFEE

analogous

#EE5975 #EE8859 #EED359

triadic

#EE8859 #59EE88 #8859EE

tetradic

#EE8859 #75EE59 #59BFEE #D359EE

square

#EE8859 #75EE59 #59BFEE #D359EE

split-complementary

#EE8859 #59EED3 #5975EE

monochromatic

#BA4813 #E86021 #EE8859 #F4B091 #F9D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#EE8859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#EE8859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8859

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8859	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF757D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 136, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.139 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ac89',
    500: '#ee8859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8859;
$custom-light: #f9ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.926,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72776,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8859

secondary

#B7DBEB

accent

#9ADE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8859

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

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