#EE9259#EE9259

#EE9259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9259
RGB	rgb(238, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 29.61, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 53.36, 56.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0833 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.133 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3455, 39.4608, 14.5725)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9259 #59B5EE

analogous

#EE596B #EE9259 #EEDD59

triadic

#EE9259 #59EE92 #9259EE

tetradic

#EE9259 #6BEE59 #59B5EE #DD59EE

square

#EE9259 #6BEE59 #59B5EE #DD59EE

split-complementary

#EE9259 #59EEDD #596BEE

monochromatic

#BA5313 #E86E21 #EE9259 #F4B691 #F9DBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#EE9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#EE9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9259

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9259	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b289',
    500: '#ee9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9259;
$custom-light: #f8b289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.953,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7445,
    "c": 0.13297,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9259

secondary

#B7D8EB

accent

#8CDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9259

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

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