#EE9459#EE9459

#EE9459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.132 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9459
RGB	rgb(238, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(24, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 28.56, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 53.23, 57.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0801 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.132 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6565, 40.0828, 14.6762)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9459 #59B3EE

analogous

#EE5969 #EE9459 #EEDE59

triadic

#EE9459 #59EE94 #9459EE

tetradic

#EE9459 #69EE59 #59B3EE #DE59EE

square

#EE9459 #69EE59 #59B3EE #DE59EE

split-complementary

#EE9459 #59EEDE #5969EE

monochromatic

#BA5513 #E87021 #EE9459 #F4B891 #F9DCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#EE9459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#EE9459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9459

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9459	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.132 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b489',
    500: '#ee9459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9459;
$custom-light: #f8b489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.758,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74793,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9459

secondary

#B7D7EB

accent

#89DE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9459

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

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