#EE8E56#EE8E56

#EE8E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E56
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, 31.52, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 54.81, 54.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0885 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.137 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6162, 38.1997, 13.7206)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E56 #56B6EE

analogous

#EE566A #EE8E56 #EEDA56

triadic

#EE8E56 #56EE8E #8E56EE

tetradic

#EE8E56 #6AEE56 #56B6EE #DA56EE

square

#EE8E56 #6AEE56 #56B6EE #DA56EE

split-complementary

#EE8E56 #56EEDA #566AEE

monochromatic

#B74F12 #E8691E #EE8E56 #F4B38E #F9D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EE8E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#EE8E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E56

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E56	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)

#A99951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b087',
    500: '#ee8e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e56;
$custom-light: #f9b087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73732,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E56

secondary

#B5D7EB

accent

#8FDE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E56

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

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