#EE8E62#EE8E62

#EE8E62 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E62
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 98)
HSL	hsl(19, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(19, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 32.33, 38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 50.49, 50.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0928 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.131 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1409, 38.4096, 16.4840)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E62 #62C2EE

analogous

#EE627C #EE8E62 #EED462

triadic

#EE8E62 #62EE8E #8E62EE

tetradic

#EE8E62 #7CEE62 #62C2EE #D462EE

square

#EE8E62 #7CEE62 #62C2EE #D462EE

split-complementary

#EE8E62 #62EED4 #627CEE

monochromatic

#C14B15 #E8662B #EE8E62 #F4B699 #FADDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EE8E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#EE8E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E62

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E62	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)

#A89A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b08f',
    500: '#ee8e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e62;
$custom-light: #f8b08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.857,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.739,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E62

secondary

#BFDEED

accent

#9ADD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E62

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

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