#EE8A61#EE8A61

#EE8A61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.134 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A61
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(17, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 34.34, 38.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 51.39, 48.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0988 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.134 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5095, 37.2219, 16.0421)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A61 #61C5EE

analogous

#EE617E #EE8A61 #EED061

triadic

#EE8A61 #61EE8A #8A61EE

tetradic

#EE8A61 #7EEE61 #61C5EE #D061EE

square

#EE8A61 #7EEE61 #61C5EE #D061EE

split-complementary

#EE8A61 #61EED0 #617EEE

monochromatic

#C04615 #E8612A #EE8A61 #F4B398 #FADCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#EE8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#EE8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A61

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A61	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4975D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.134 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad8f',
    500: '#ee8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a61;
$custom-light: #f8ad8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.447,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73221,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A61

secondary

#BEDFED

accent

#9FDD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A61

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

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