#EE8A59#EE8A59

#EE8A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A59
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 33.79, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 54.16, 51.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0959 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.138 46)
XYZ	xyz(46.1551, 37.0801, 14.1757)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A59 #59BDEE

analogous

#EE5973 #EE8A59 #EED559

triadic

#EE8A59 #59EE8A #8A59EE

tetradic

#EE8A59 #73EE59 #59BDEE #D559EE

square

#EE8A59 #73EE59 #59BDEE #D559EE

split-complementary

#EE8A59 #59EED5 #5973EE

monochromatic

#BA4A13 #E86321 #EE8A59 #F4B191 #F9D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EE8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#EE8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A59

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A59	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)

#A59754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ad89',
    500: '#ee8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a59;
$custom-light: #f9ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.732,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73105,
    "c": 0.13794,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.37075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A59

secondary

#B7DAEB

accent

#97DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A59

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

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