#EE8F55#EE8F55

#EE8F55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.137 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE8F55
RGB	rgb(238, 143, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 30.93, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 55.10, 55.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0866 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.137 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7256, 38.4826, 13.5597)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE8F55 #55B4EE

analogous

#EE5567 #EE8F55 #EEDB55

triadic

#EE8F55 #55EE8F #8F55EE

tetradic

#EE8F55 #67EE55 #55B4EE #DB55EE

square

#EE8F55 #67EE55 #55B4EE #DB55EE

split-complementary

#EE8F55 #55EEDB #5567EE

monochromatic

#B65012 #E86A1D #EE8F55 #F4B48D #F9D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EE8F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#EE8F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE8F55

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE8F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE8F55	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee8f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 143, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.137 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b086',
    500: '#ee8f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee8f55;
$custom-light: #f9b086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee8f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.745,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73888,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE8F55

secondary

#B4D6EB

accent

#8DDE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5EF

border

#D7CFCA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE8F55

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

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