#EE8E5A#EE8E5A

#EE8E5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E5A
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 90)
HSL	hsl(21, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 31.77, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 53.34, 53.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0899 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.135 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7819, 38.2660, 14.5932)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E5A #5ABAEE

analogous

#EE5A70 #EE8E5A #EED85A

triadic

#EE8E5A #5AEE8E #8E5AEE

tetradic

#EE8E5A #70EE5A #5ABAEE #D85AEE

square

#EE8E5A #70EE5A #5ABAEE #D85AEE

split-complementary

#EE8E5A #5AEED8 #5A70EE

monochromatic

#BA4E13 #E86823 #EE8E5A #F4B491 #F9DAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EE8E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#EE8E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E5A

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E5A	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)

#A89955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b08a',
    500: '#ee8e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e5a;
$custom-light: #f9b08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.081,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73785,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E5A

secondary

#B8DAEC

accent

#93DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E5A

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

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