#EE9462#EE9462

#EE9462 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.127 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EE9462
RGB	rgb(238, 148, 98)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 29.18, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 49.85, 54.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0833 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.127 49)
XYZ	xyz(48.0578, 40.2433, 16.7897)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EE9462 #62BCEE

analogous

#EE6276 #EE9462 #EEDA62

triadic

#EE9462 #62EE94 #9462EE

tetradic

#EE9462 #76EE62 #62BCEE #DA62EE

square

#EE9462 #76EE62 #62BCEE #DA62EE

split-complementary

#EE9462 #62EEDA #6276EE

monochromatic

#C15215 #E86E2B #EE9462 #F4BA99 #FADFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#EE9462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#EE9462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EE9462

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EE9462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EE9462	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ee9462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 148, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.127 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b490',
    500: '#ee9462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ee9462;
$custom-light: #f8b490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ee9462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.40239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EE9462

secondary

#BFDDED

accent

#91DD09

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EE9462

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

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