#EE8955#EE8955

#EE8955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.140 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8955
RGB	rgb(238, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(20, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 34.06, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 55.70, 52.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0961 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.14 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8489, 36.7292, 13.2674)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8955 #55BAEE

analogous

#EE556D #EE8955 #EED555

triadic

#EE8955 #55EE89 #8955EE

tetradic

#EE8955 #6DEE55 #55BAEE #D555EE

square

#EE8955 #6DEE55 #55BAEE #D555EE

split-complementary

#EE8955 #55EED5 #556DEE

monochromatic

#B64A12 #E8621D #EE8955 #F4B08D #F9D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EE8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#EE8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8955

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8955	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF757D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ac86',
    500: '#ee8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8955;
$custom-light: #f9ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.392,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8955

secondary

#B4D8EB

accent

#95DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8955

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

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