#EE8A51#EE8A51

#EE8A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.142 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A51
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(22, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 33.30, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 57.04, 54.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73% 0.0932 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.142 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8373, 36.9530, 12.5017)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A51 #51B5EE

analogous

#EE5167 #EE8A51 #EED851

triadic

#EE8A51 #51EE8A #8A51EE

tetradic

#EE8A51 #67EE51 #51B5EE #D851EE

square

#EE8A51 #67EE51 #51B5EE #D851EE

split-complementary

#EE8A51 #51EED8 #5167EE

monochromatic

#B34C11 #E96519 #EE8A51 #F3AF89 #F9D5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EE8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#EE8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A51

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A51	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)

#A6964B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF767D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.142 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ad84',
    500: '#ee8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a51;
$custom-light: #f9ad84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.783,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73001,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A51

secondary

#B1D5EA

accent

#90DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A51

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

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