#EE8A62#EE8A62

#EE8A62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.134 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8A62
RGB	rgb(238, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(17, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 34.41, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 51.06, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0992 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.134 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5564, 37.2407, 16.2892)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8A62 #62C6EE

analogous

#EE6280 #EE8A62 #EED062

triadic

#EE8A62 #62EE8A #8A62EE

tetradic

#EE8A62 #80EE62 #62C6EE #D062EE

square

#EE8A62 #80EE62 #62C6EE #D062EE

split-complementary

#EE8A62 #62EED0 #6280EE

monochromatic

#C14615 #E8612B #EE8A62 #F4B399 #FADCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#EE8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#EE8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8A62

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8A62	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4975E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.134 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ad8f',
    500: '#ee8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8a62;
$custom-light: #f8ad8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73236,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8A62

secondary

#BFE0ED

accent

#A0DD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8A62

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

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