#EE8D55#EE8D55

#EE8D55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8D55
RGB	rgb(238, 141, 85)
HSL	hsl(22, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 31.98, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 55.28, 54.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0898 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.138 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4281, 37.8875, 13.4605)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8D55 #55B6EE

analogous

#EE5569 #EE8D55 #EEDA55

triadic

#EE8D55 #55EE8D #8D55EE

tetradic

#EE8D55 #69EE55 #55B6EE #DA55EE

square

#EE8D55 #69EE55 #55B6EE #DA55EE

split-complementary

#EE8D55 #55EEDA #5569EE

monochromatic

#B64E12 #E8681D #EE8D55 #F4B28D #F9D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EE8D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#EE8D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8D55

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8D55	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 141, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9af86',
    500: '#ee8d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8d55;
$custom-light: #f9af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.961,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73551,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8D55

secondary

#B4D7EB

accent

#90DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8D55

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

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