#EE8E65#EE8E65

#EE8E65 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8E65
RGB	rgb(238, 142, 101)
HSL	hsl(18, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 57.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 32.55, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 49.47, 48.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0939 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.129 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2852, 38.4673, 17.2441)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8E65 #65C5EE

analogous

#EE6581 #EE8E65 #EED365

triadic

#EE8E65 #65EE8E #8E65EE

tetradic

#EE8E65 #81EE65 #65C5EE #D365EE

square

#EE8E65 #81EE65 #65C5EE #D365EE

split-complementary

#EE8E65 #65EED3 #6581EE

monochromatic

#C34916 #E8662E #EE8E65 #F4B69C #FADFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EE8E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#EE8E65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8E65

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8E65	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 142, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b091',
    500: '#ee8e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8e65;
$custom-light: #f8b091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8E65

secondary

#C1E0EE

accent

#9DDC09

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF5F1

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8E65

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

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