#EE8E61#EE8E61

#EE8E61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E61
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 97)
HSL	hsl(19, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(19, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 32.26, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 50.84, 50.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0925 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.131 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0940, 38.3909, 16.2369)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E61 #61C1EE

analogous

#EE617A #EE8E61 #EED461

triadic

#EE8E61 #61EE8E #8E61EE

tetradic

#EE8E61 #7AEE61 #61C1EE #D461EE

square

#EE8E61 #7AEE61 #61C1EE #D461EE

split-complementary

#EE8E61 #61EED4 #617AEE

monochromatic

#C04B15 #E8662A #EE8E61 #F4B698 #FADDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EE8E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#EE8E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E61

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E61	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b08f',
    500: '#ee8e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e61;
$custom-light: #f8b08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.149,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73885,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E61

secondary

#BEDEED

accent

#99DD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E61

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

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