#EE8C59#EE8C59

#EE8C59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.137 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8C59
RGB	rgb(238, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 32.75, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 53.92, 52.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0928 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.137 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4447, 37.6593, 14.2723)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8C59 #59BBEE

analogous

#EE5971 #EE8C59 #EED759

triadic

#EE8C59 #59EE8C #8C59EE

tetradic

#EE8C59 #71EE59 #59BBEE #D759EE

square

#EE8C59 #71EE59 #59BBEE #D759EE

split-complementary

#EE8C59 #59EED7 #5971EE

monochromatic

#BA4C13 #E86621 #EE8C59 #F4B291 #F9D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EE8C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#EE8C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8C59

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8C59	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.137 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ae89',
    500: '#ee8c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8c59;
$custom-light: #f9ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.537,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8C59

secondary

#B7DAEB

accent

#95DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8C59

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

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