#EE8960#EE8960

#EE8960 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.136 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8960
RGB	rgb(238, 137, 96)
HSL	hsl(17, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 34.79, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 51.88, 47.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.1 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.136 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3204, 36.9177, 15.7505)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8960 #60C5EE

analogous

#EE607E #EE8960 #EED060

triadic

#EE8960 #60EE89 #8960EE

tetradic

#EE8960 #7EEE60 #60C5EE #D060EE

square

#EE8960 #7EEE60 #60C5EE #D060EE

split-complementary

#EE8960 #60EED0 #607EEE

monochromatic

#BF4614 #E86029 #EE8960 #F4B297 #FADBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EE8960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#EE8960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8960

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8960	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4965C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 137, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.136 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ac8e',
    500: '#ee8960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8960;
$custom-light: #f8ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.324,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73041,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8960

secondary

#BDDFED

accent

#A0DD08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8960

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

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