#EE8D56#EE8D56

#EE8D56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8D56
RGB	rgb(238, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 32.04, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 54.91, 54.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0901 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.137 49)
XYZ	xyz(46.4681, 37.9035, 13.6712)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8D56 #56B7EE

analogous

#EE566B #EE8D56 #EED956

triadic

#EE8D56 #56EE8D #8D56EE

tetradic

#EE8D56 #6BEE56 #56B7EE #D956EE

square

#EE8D56 #6BEE56 #56B7EE #D956EE

split-complementary

#EE8D56 #56EED9 #566BEE

monochromatic

#B74E12 #E8671E #EE8D56 #F4B38E #F9D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EE8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#EE8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8D56

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8D56	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)

#A89951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9af87',
    500: '#ee8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8d56;
$custom-light: #f9af87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.711,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73564,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.37899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8D56

secondary

#B5D7EB

accent

#90DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8D56

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

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