#EE8B61#EE8B61

#EE8B61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8B61
RGB	rgb(238, 139, 97)
HSL	hsl(18, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 33.82, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 51.24, 48.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0972 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.134 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6536, 37.5101, 16.0902)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8B61 #61C4EE

analogous

#EE617D #EE8B61 #EED161

triadic

#EE8B61 #61EE8B #8B61EE

tetradic

#EE8B61 #7DEE61 #61C4EE #D161EE

square

#EE8B61 #7DEE61 #61C4EE #D161EE

split-complementary

#EE8B61 #61EED1 #617DEE

monochromatic

#C04815 #E8622A #EE8B61 #F4B498 #FADCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#EE8B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#EE8B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8B61

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8B61	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 139, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ae8f',
    500: '#ee8b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8b61;
$custom-light: #f8ae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.872,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8B61

secondary

#BEDFED

accent

#9EDD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8B61

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

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