#EE8962#EE8962

#EE8962 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.135 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8962
RGB	rgb(238, 137, 98)
HSL	hsl(17, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 34.93, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 51.21, 47.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.1007 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.135 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4136, 36.9550, 16.2416)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8962 #62C7EE

analogous

#EE6281 #EE8962 #EECF62

triadic

#EE8962 #62EE89 #8962EE

tetradic

#EE8962 #81EE62 #62C7EE #CF62EE

square

#EE8962 #81EE62 #62C7EE #CF62EE

split-complementary

#EE8962 #62EECF #6281EE

monochromatic

#C14515 #E85F2B #EE8962 #F4B399 #FADCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EE8962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#EE8962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8962

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8962	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)

#A3965E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 137, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.135 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ac8f',
    500: '#ee8962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8962;
$custom-light: #f8ac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.714,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8962

secondary

#BFE0ED

accent

#A2DD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8962

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

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