#EE8961#EE8961

#EE8961 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.135 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8961
RGB	rgb(238, 137, 97)
HSL	hsl(17, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 34.86, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 51.54, 47.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.1004 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.135 42)
XYZ	xyz(46.3667, 36.9363, 15.9945)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8961 #61C6EE

analogous

#EE617F #EE8961 #EECF61

triadic

#EE8961 #61EE89 #8961EE

tetradic

#EE8961 #7FEE61 #61C6EE #CF61EE

square

#EE8961 #7FEE61 #61C6EE #CF61EE

split-complementary

#EE8961 #61EECF #617FEE

monochromatic

#C04515 #E8602A #EE8961 #F4B298 #FADCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EE8961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#EE8961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8961

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8961	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 137, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.135 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ac8e',
    500: '#ee8961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8961;
$custom-light: #f8ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.021,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73056,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.36932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8961

secondary

#BEE0ED

accent

#A1DD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8961

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

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