#EE9260#EE9260

#EE9260 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.129 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9260
RGB	rgb(238, 146, 96)
HSL	hsl(21, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 30.09, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 50.76, 53.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0857 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.129 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6535, 39.5840, 16.1949)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9260 #60BCEE

analogous

#EE6075 #EE9260 #EED960

triadic

#EE9260 #60EE92 #9260EE

tetradic

#EE9260 #75EE60 #60BCEE #D960EE

square

#EE9260 #75EE60 #60BCEE #D960EE

split-complementary

#EE9260 #60EED9 #6075EE

monochromatic

#BF5114 #E86C29 #EE9260 #F4B897 #FADECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#EE9260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#EE9260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9260

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9260	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 146, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.129 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b28e',
    500: '#ee9260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9260;
$custom-light: #f8b28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.127,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9260

secondary

#BDDCED

accent

#92DD08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9260

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

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