#EE8A57#EE8A57

#EE8A57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A57
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(20, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 33.66, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 54.87, 52.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0952 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.139 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0723, 37.0470, 13.7394)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A57 #57BBEE

analogous

#EE576F #EE8A57 #EED557

triadic

#EE8A57 #57EE8A #8A57EE

tetradic

#EE8A57 #6FEE57 #57BBEE #D557EE

square

#EE8A57 #6FEE57 #57BBEE #D557EE

split-complementary

#EE8A57 #57EED5 #576FEE

monochromatic

#B84A13 #E8631F #EE8A57 #F4B18F #F9D7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EE8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#EE8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A57

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A57	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)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ad88',
    500: '#ee8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a57;
$custom-light: #f9ad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.265,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73078,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A57

secondary

#B6D9EB

accent

#96DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A57

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

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