#EE8B62#EE8B62

#EE8B62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.133 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8B62
RGB	rgb(238, 139, 98)
HSL	hsl(18, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 33.89, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 50.91, 48.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0976 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.133 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7006, 37.5289, 16.3373)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8B62 #62C5EE

analogous

#EE627F #EE8B62 #EED162

triadic

#EE8B62 #62EE8B #8B62EE

tetradic

#EE8B62 #7FEE62 #62C5EE #D162EE

square

#EE8B62 #7FEE62 #62C5EE #D162EE

split-complementary

#EE8B62 #62EED1 #627FEE

monochromatic

#C14715 #E8622B #EE8B62 #F4B499 #FADDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#EE8B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#EE8B62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8B62

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8B62	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)

#A5985E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 139, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.133 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8ae8f',
    500: '#ee8b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8b62;
$custom-light: #f8ae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8B62

secondary

#BFDFED

accent

#9FDD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8B62

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

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