#EE8E60#EE8E60

#EE8E60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.132 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E60
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 96)
HSL	hsl(19, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(19, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 32.18, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 51.19, 51.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0921 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.132 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0477, 38.3723, 15.9929)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E60 #60C0EE

analogous

#EE6079 #EE8E60 #EED560

triadic

#EE8E60 #60EE8E #8E60EE

tetradic

#EE8E60 #79EE60 #60C0EE #D560EE

square

#EE8E60 #79EE60 #60C0EE #D560EE

split-complementary

#EE8E60 #60EED5 #6079EE

monochromatic

#BF4C14 #E86729 #EE8E60 #F4B597 #FADDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EE8E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#EE8E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E60

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E60	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)

#A89A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.132 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b08e',
    500: '#ee8e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e60;
$custom-light: #f8b08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.437,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E60

secondary

#BDDDED

accent

#98DD08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E60

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

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