#EE8B56#EE8B56

#EE8B56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.139 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8B56
RGB	rgb(238, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 33.08, 44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 55.11, 53.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0933 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.139 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1759, 37.3190, 13.5738)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8B56 #56B9EE

analogous

#EE566D #EE8B56 #EED756

triadic

#EE8B56 #56EE8B #8B56EE

tetradic

#EE8B56 #6DEE56 #56B9EE #D756EE

square

#EE8B56 #6DEE56 #56B9EE #D756EE

split-complementary

#EE8B56 #56EED7 #566DEE

monochromatic

#B74C12 #E8651E #EE8B56 #F4B18E #F9D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EE8B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#EE8B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8B56

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8B56	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.139 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ae87',
    500: '#ee8b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8b56;
$custom-light: #f9ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.921,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7323,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8B56

secondary

#B5D8EB

accent

#93DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8B56

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

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