#EE8E59#EE8E59

#EE8E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E59
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 31.71, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 53.71, 53.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0896 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.135 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7396, 38.2491, 14.3706)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E59 #59B9EE

analogous

#EE596F #EE8E59 #EED859

triadic

#EE8E59 #59EE8E #8E59EE

tetradic

#EE8E59 #6FEE59 #59B9EE #D859EE

square

#EE8E59 #6FEE59 #59B9EE #D859EE

split-complementary

#EE8E59 #59EED8 #596FEE

monochromatic

#BA4E13 #E86821 #EE8E59 #F4B491 #F9DAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EE8E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#EE8E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E59

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E59	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b089',
    500: '#ee8e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e59;
$custom-light: #f9b089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.342,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73772,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E59

secondary

#B7D9EB

accent

#92DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E59

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

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