#EE8E53#EE8E53

#EE8E53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E53
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(23, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 65.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 31.33, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 55.93, 55.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0875 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.138 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4979, 38.1524, 13.0973)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E53 #53B3EE

analogous

#EE5365 #EE8E53 #EEDC53

triadic

#EE8E53 #53EE8E #8E53EE

tetradic

#EE8E53 #65EE53 #53B3EE #DC53EE

square

#EE8E53 #65EE53 #53B3EE #DC53EE

split-complementary

#EE8E53 #53EEDC #5365EE

monochromatic

#B55012 #E8691B #EE8E53 #F4B38B #F9D7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EE8E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#EE8E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E53

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E53	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b085',
    500: '#ee8e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e53;
$custom-light: #f9b085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.839,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73694,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E53

secondary

#B2D5EA

accent

#8CDE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5EF

border

#D7CFCA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E53

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

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