#EE8B5A#EE8B5A

#EE8B5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.137 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8B5A
RGB	rgb(238, 139, 90)
HSL	hsl(20, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, 33.34, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 53.68, 51.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0947 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.137 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3415, 37.3853, 14.4464)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8B5A #5ABDEE

analogous

#EE5A73 #EE8B5A #EED55A

triadic

#EE8B5A #5AEE8B #8B5AEE

tetradic

#EE8B5A #73EE5A #5ABDEE #D55AEE

square

#EE8B5A #73EE5A #5ABDEE #D55AEE

split-complementary

#EE8B5A #5AEED5 #5A73EE

monochromatic

#BA4B13 #E86423 #EE8B5A #F4B291 #F9D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#EE8B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#EE8B5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8B5A

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8B5A	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 139, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.137 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ae8a',
    500: '#ee8b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8b5a;
$custom-light: #f9ae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.865,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73284,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8B5A

secondary

#B8DBEC

accent

#97DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8B5A

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

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