#EE8959#EE8959

#EE8959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8959
RGB	rgb(238, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(19, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 34.31, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 54.28, 50.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0975 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.139 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0123, 36.7945, 14.1281)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8959 #59BEEE

analogous

#EE5974 #EE8959 #EED459

triadic

#EE8959 #59EE89 #8959EE

tetradic

#EE8959 #74EE59 #59BEEE #D459EE

square

#EE8959 #74EE59 #59BEEE #D459EE

split-complementary

#EE8959 #59EED4 #5974EE

monochromatic

#BA4913 #E86221 #EE8959 #F4B091 #F9D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EE8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#EE8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8959

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8959	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF767E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ac89',
    500: '#ee8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8959;
$custom-light: #f9ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.329,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8959

secondary

#B7DBEB

accent

#99DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8959

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

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