#EE8E5E#EE8E5E

#EE8E5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E5E
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 94)
HSL	hsl(20, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 60.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, 32.04, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 51.90, 51.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0914 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.133 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9568, 38.3360, 15.5141)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E5E #5EBEEE

analogous

#EE5E76 #EE8E5E #EED65E

triadic

#EE8E5E #5EEE8E #8E5EEE

tetradic

#EE8E5E #76EE5E #5EBEEE #D65EEE

square

#EE8E5E #76EE5E #5EBEEE #D65EEE

split-complementary

#EE8E5E #5EEED6 #5E76EE

monochromatic

#BE4D14 #E86727 #EE8E5E #F4B595 #FADCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EE8E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#EE8E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E5E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E5E	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b08d',
    500: '#ee8e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e5e;
$custom-light: #f8b08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 80.899,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73841,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E5E

secondary

#BBDCEC

accent

#96DD08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E5E

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

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