#EE8E55#EE8E55

#EE8E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E55
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(22, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 31.46, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 55.19, 55.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0882 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.137 50)
XYZ	xyz(46.5762, 38.1837, 13.5099)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E55 #55B5EE

analogous

#EE5568 #EE8E55 #EEDA55

triadic

#EE8E55 #55EE8E #8E55EE

tetradic

#EE8E55 #68EE55 #55B5EE #DA55EE

square

#EE8E55 #68EE55 #55B5EE #DA55EE

split-complementary

#EE8E55 #55EEDA #5568EE

monochromatic

#B64F12 #E8691D #EE8E55 #F4B38D #F9D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EE8E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#EE8E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E55

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E55	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b086',
    500: '#ee8e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e55;
$custom-light: #f9b086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.353,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.38179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E55

secondary

#B4D6EB

accent

#8EDE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5EF

border

#D7CFCA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E55

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

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