#EE8A4E#EE8A4E

#EE8A4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A4E
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(23, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(23, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 67.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 33.13, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 58.14, 55.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0922 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.143 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.7273, 36.9090, 11.9223)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A4E #4EB2EE

analogous

#EE4E62 #EE8A4E #EEDA4E

triadic

#EE8A4E #4EEE8A #8A4EEE

tetradic

#EE8A4E #62EE4E #4EB2EE #DA4EEE

square

#EE8A4E #62EE4E #4EB2EE #DA4EEE

split-complementary

#EE8A4E #4EEEDA #4E62EE

monochromatic

#B14D11 #E86516 #EE8A4E #F3AF86 #F9D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EE8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#EE8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A4E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A4E	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)

#A69648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ad82',
    500: '#ee8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a4e;
$custom-light: #f9ad82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 82.474,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72965,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A4E

secondary

#AED3E9

accent

#8EDF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A4E

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

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