#EE8C5C#EE8C5C

#EE8C5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8C5C
RGB	rgb(238, 140, 92)
HSL	hsl(20, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 32.95, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 52.85, 51.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0938 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.135 46)
XYZ	xyz(46.5733, 37.7107, 14.9493)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8C5C #5CBEEE

analogous

#EE5C75 #EE8C5C #EED55C

triadic

#EE8C5C #5CEE8C #8C5CEE

tetradic

#EE8C5C #75EE5C #5CBEEE #D55CEE

square

#EE8C5C #75EE5C #5CBEEE #D55CEE

split-complementary

#EE8C5C #5CEED5 #5C75EE

monochromatic

#BC4B14 #E86525 #EE8C5C #F4B393 #FADACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#EE8C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#EE8C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8C5C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8C5C	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 140, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ae8b',
    500: '#ee8c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8c5c;
$custom-light: #f9ae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.726,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73479,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.37706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8C5C

secondary

#BADBEC

accent

#97DD08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8C5C

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

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