#EE8B59#EE8B59

#EE8B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.137 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8B59
RGB	rgb(238, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 33.27, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 54.03, 51.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0943 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.137 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2993, 37.3684, 14.2238)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8B59 #59BCEE

analogous

#EE5972 #EE8B59 #EED559

triadic

#EE8B59 #59EE8B #8B59EE

tetradic

#EE8B59 #72EE59 #59BCEE #D559EE

square

#EE8B59 #72EE59 #59BCEE #D559EE

split-complementary

#EE8B59 #59EED5 #5972EE

monochromatic

#BA4B13 #E86421 #EE8B59 #F4B291 #F9D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EE8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#EE8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8B59

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8B59	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.137 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ae89',
    500: '#ee8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8b59;
$custom-light: #f9ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.134,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73271,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8B59

secondary

#B7DAEB

accent

#96DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8B59

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

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