#EE8965#EE8965

#EE8965 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8965
RGB	rgb(238, 137, 101)
HSL	hsl(16, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, 35.15, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 50.24, 45.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.1019 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.133 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5579, 37.0128, 17.0016)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8965 #65CAEE

analogous

#EE6586 #EE8965 #EECD65

triadic

#EE8965 #65EE89 #8965EE

tetradic

#EE8965 #86EE65 #65CAEE #CD65EE

square

#EE8965 #86EE65 #65CAEE #CD65EE

split-complementary

#EE8965 #65EECD #6586EE

monochromatic

#C34316 #E85F2E #EE8965 #F4B39C #FADDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EE8965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#EE8965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8965

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8965	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 137, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ac91',
    500: '#ee8965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8965;
$custom-light: #f8ac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.766,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73119,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8965

secondary

#C1E2EE

accent

#A5DC09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8965

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

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