#EE9257#EE9257

#EE9257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.134 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9257
RGB	rgb(238, 146, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 29.48, 45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 54.12, 56.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.0826 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.134 52)
XYZ	xyz(47.2626, 39.4277, 14.1362)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9257 #57B3EE

analogous

#EE5767 #EE9257 #EEDE57

triadic

#EE9257 #57EE92 #9257EE

tetradic

#EE9257 #67EE57 #57B3EE #DE57EE

square

#EE9257 #67EE57 #57B3EE #DE57EE

split-complementary

#EE9257 #57EEDE #5767EE

monochromatic

#B85313 #E86E1F #EE9257 #F4B68F #F9DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#EE9257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#EE9257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9257

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9257	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 146, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.134 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b288',
    500: '#ee9257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9257;
$custom-light: #f9b288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.444,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74424,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.39423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9257

secondary

#B6D6EB

accent

#8ADE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9257

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

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