#EE8D5B#EE8D5B

#EE8D5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8D5B
RGB	rgb(238, 141, 91)
HSL	hsl(20, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(20, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 32.36, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 53.09, 52.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0919 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.135 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6766, 37.9869, 14.7695)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8D5B #5BBCEE

analogous

#EE5B73 #EE8D5B #EED65B

triadic

#EE8D5B #5BEE8D #8D5BEE

tetradic

#EE8D5B #73EE5B #5BBCEE #D65BEE

square

#EE8D5B #73EE5B #5BBCEE #D65BEE

split-complementary

#EE8D5B #5BEED6 #5B73EE

monochromatic

#BB4C13 #E86624 #EE8D5B #F4B492 #F9DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#EE8D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#EE8D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8D5B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8D5B	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 141, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9af8a',
    500: '#ee8d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8d5b;
$custom-light: #f9af8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.408,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73631,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8D5B

secondary

#B9DBEC

accent

#95DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8D5B

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

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