#EE8A56#EE8A56

#EE8A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A56
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 33.60, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 55.23, 52.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0949 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.139 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0317, 37.0308, 13.5258)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A56 #56BAEE

analogous

#EE566E #EE8A56 #EED656

triadic

#EE8A56 #56EE8A #8A56EE

tetradic

#EE8A56 #6EEE56 #56BAEE #D656EE

square

#EE8A56 #6EEE56 #56BAEE #D656EE

split-complementary

#EE8A56 #56EED6 #566EEE

monochromatic

#B74B12 #E8641E #EE8A56 #F4B08E #F9D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EE8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#EE8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A56

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A56	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ad87',
    500: '#ee8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a56;
$custom-light: #f9ad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.526,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73065,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A56

secondary

#B5D8EB

accent

#95DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A56

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

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